--- title: "8 Forget Exist Quotes by 6 authors" description: "Browse 8 Forget Exist quotes by 6 authors. Discover the best Forget Exist sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f3/john-fowles-816_existence_i-m-only-happy-when-i-forget-to-exist-wh_208486.png" --- > [“I'm only happy when I forget to exist. When just my eyes or my ears or my skin exist.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-fowles/i-m-only-happy-when-i-forget-to-exist-when-just-my-eyes-or-my-ears-or/) [John Fowles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-fowles/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f3/john-fowles-816_existence_i-m-only-happy-when-i-forget-to-exist-wh_208486.png) > [We try to evade the question of existence with property, prestige, power, possession, production, fun, and, ultimately, by trying to forget that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erich-fromm/we-try-to-evade-the-question-of-existence-with-property-prestige/) [Erich Fromm](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erich-fromm/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d1d/erich-fromm-367_answers_we-try-to-evade-the-question-of-existenc_445196.jpg) > [I want to know why we exist and what I can do while I'm existing. Basically. it's learning how to exist, wholely,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-mraz/i-want-to-know-why-we-exist-and-what-i-can-do-while-i-m-existing/) [Jason Mraz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-mraz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c0e/jason-mraz-975_basically_i-want-to-know-why-we-exist-and-what-i-c_685542.jpg) > [Do you ever feel like people just forget you exist and have feelings too?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sangfroid-stalker/do-you-ever-feel-like-people-just-forget-you-exist-and-have-feelings/) [SangFroid Stalker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sangfroid-stalker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f53/sangfroid-stalker-1340_depression_do-you-ever-feel-like-people-just-forget_870454.jpg) > [When I’m behind a camera I forget I exist](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-mapplethorpe/when-i-m-behind-a-camera-i-forget-i-exist/) [Robert Mapplethorpe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-mapplethorpe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/224/robert-mapplethorpe-11315_behinds_when-i-m-behind-a-camera-i-forget-i-exis_1435567.jpg) > [When I have sex with someone I forget who I am. For a minute I even forget I'm human. It's the same…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-mapplethorpe/when-i-have-sex-with-someone-i-forget-who-i-am-for-a-minute-i-even/) [Robert Mapplethorpe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-mapplethorpe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be4/robert-mapplethorpe-11315_behinds_when-i-have-sex-with-someone-i-forget-wh_1576734.jpg) > [I get caught off guard when people acknowledge my presence because I'm so irrelevant I sometimes forget I even exist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/i-get-caught-off-guard-when-people-acknowledge-my-presence-because-i/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0e5/anonymous-1_presence_i-get-caught-off-guard-when-people-ackno_2294021.jpg) > [Go ahead, move on forget all of our memories, forget I even exist. but when you realize you made a huge mistake…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/go-ahead-move-on-forget-all-of-our-memories-forget-i-even-exist-but/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/959/anonymous-1_failure_go-ahead-move-on-forget-all-of-our-memor_2486608.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/forget-exist/#itemlist", "name": "Forget Exist Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I'm only happy when I forget to exist. 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