--- title: "4 Existentialism Quotes By Steven L. Peck" description: "4 Existentialism quotes by Steven L. Peck. Plus more from Steven L. Peck and more Existentialism sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/49e/steven-l-peck-37846_black-humor_remember-you-are-never-really-alone-alth_117972.jpg" --- > [“Remember you are never really alone. Although it may feel like it for very long stretches of time.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-l-peck/remember-you-are-never-really-alone-although-it-may-feel-like-it-for/) [Steven L. Peck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-l-peck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/49e/steven-l-peck-37846_black-humor_remember-you-are-never-really-alone-alth_117972.jpg) > [ “\[Y\]ou are here to learn something. Don’t try to figure out what it is. This can be frustrating and unproductive.” ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-l-peck/y-ou-are-here-to-learn-something-don-t-try-to-figure-out-what-it-is/) [Steven L. Peck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-l-peck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/534/steven-l-peck-37846_education_y-ou-are-here-to-learn-something-don-t-t_140346.jpg) > [“It seemed funny that one day I would go to bed in her arms and the next not feel anything, like a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-l-peck/it-seemed-funny-that-one-day-i-would-go-to-bed-in-her-arms-and-the/) [Steven L. Peck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-l-peck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c8/steven-l-peck-37846_breaking-up_it-seemed-funny-that-one-day-i-would-go_1770751.jpg) > [“It took a couple of months before we were both convinced there were no rules about sexual activities in Hell and our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-l-peck/it-took-a-couple-of-months-before-we-were-both-convinced-there-were/) [Steven L. Peck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-l-peck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c0/steven-l-peck-37846_categorical-imperati_it-took-a-couple-of-months-before-we-wer_2782163.jpg) ## Other authors on Existentialism - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b003/author-albert-camus-10482.jpg) Albert Camus 57 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/existentialism/albert-camus/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-jean-paul-sartre-220.jpg) Jean-Paul Sartre 48 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/existentialism/jean-paul-sartre/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-abhijit-naskar-99.jpg) Abhijit Naskar 24 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/existentialism/abhijit-naskar/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-friedrich-nietzsche-36363.jpg) Friedrich Nietzsche 22 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/existentialism/friedrich-nietzsche/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-simone-de-beauvoir-85532.jpg) Simone de Beauvoir 13 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/existentialism/simone-de-beauvoir/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-rollo-may-80838.jpg) Rollo May 11 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/existentialism/rollo-may/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b009/author-fernando-pessoa-34979.jpg) Fernando Pessoa 10 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/existentialism/fernando-pessoa/) - [Bangambiki Habyarimana 10 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/existentialism/bangambiki-habyarimana/) - [Søren Kierkegaard 7 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/existentialism/s-ren-kierkegaard/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-leo-tolstoy-55.jpg) Leo Tolstoy 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/existentialism/leo-tolstoy/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-david-lynch-27713.jpg) David Lynch 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/existentialism/david-lynch/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b004/author-arthur-schopenhauer-15054.jpg) Arthur Schopenhauer 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/existentialism/arthur-schopenhauer/) ## More by Steven L. Peck > [“Remember you are never really alone. Although it may feel like it for very long stretches of time.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-l-peck/remember-you-are-never-really-alone-although-it-may-feel-like-it-for/) [Steven L. Peck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-l-peck/) > [ “\[Y\]ou are here to learn something. Don’t try to figure out what it is. This can be frustrating and unproductive.” ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-l-peck/y-ou-are-here-to-learn-something-don-t-try-to-figure-out-what-it-is/) [Steven L. Peck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-l-peck/) > [“Strange, how a moment of existence can cut so deeply into our being that while ages pass unnoticed, a brief love can structure and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-l-peck/strange-how-a-moment-of-existence-can-cut-so-deeply-into-our-being/) [Steven L. Peck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-l-peck/) > [“I could tell you of occasionally, every eon, meeting a person, with whom I might stay for a billion years. But what of it?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-l-peck/i-could-tell-you-of-occasionally-every-eon-meeting-a-person-with-whom/) [Steven L. Peck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-l-peck/) > [“I feared the defining point of this Hell was its unrelenting uniformity, its lack of variation from type. If there was a heaven at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-l-peck/i-feared-the-defining-point-of-this-hell-was-its-unrelenting/) [Steven L. Peck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-l-peck/) > [“Here, her hand in mine was the one reality that severed us from the cold click-clack of Hell. I rubbed her hand and she…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-l-peck/here-her-hand-in-mine-was-the-one-reality-that-severed-us-from-the/) [Steven L. Peck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-l-peck/) > [“Yet a strange hope remains. A hope that somehow, something, God, the demon, Ahura Mazda, someone, will see I'm trying. I'm really trying, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-l-peck/yet-a-strange-hope-remains-a-hope-that-somehow-something-god-the/) [Steven L. Peck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-l-peck/) > [“It seemed funny that one day I would go to bed in her arms and the next not feel anything, like a switch had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-l-peck/it-seemed-funny-that-one-day-i-would-go-to-bed-in-her-arms-and-the/) [Steven L. Peck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-l-peck/) > [“It was not Gilda and a racquet being used reflexively to some purpose. It was not Gilda using a racquet. It was one thing,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-l-peck/it-was-not-gilda-and-a-racquet-being-used-reflexively-to-some-purpose/) [Steven L. Peck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-l-peck/) > [“It took a couple of months before we were both convinced there were no rules about sexual activities in Hell and our spouses were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-l-peck/it-took-a-couple-of-months-before-we-were-both-convinced-there-were/) [Steven L. Peck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-l-peck/) > [“Zoroastrianism? Oh, there’s never been but a few hundred thousand of them at any one time, mostly located in Iran and India, but that’s…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-l-peck/zoroastrianism-oh-there-s-never-been-but-a-few-hundred-thousand-of/) [Steven L. Peck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-l-peck/) > [“The days passed in a dream. I pictured our reunion again and again, played it out in my mind over and over until I’d…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-l-peck/the-days-passed-in-a-dream-i-pictured-our-reunion-again-and-again/) [Steven L. 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