Existentialism Quote by Jean Paul Sartre

“Nihilism is not an existential quandary but a speculative opportunity.”

— Ray Brassier

“If you have any characters that you want to do seemingly unrealistic things, things that feel too much like pushing the boundaries of reality,…

— Michael Milton

“Why would anyone who is deeply satisfied with reality, with real life as it is lived, dedicate himself to something as insubstantial and fanciful…

— Mario Vargas Llosa

“Humans cannot live without illusions. For the men and women of today, an irrational faith in progress may be the only antidote to nihilism.…

— John Gray

“I lack the disposition for realism. . . . as soon as I have managed to put together a suitable number of realistic people…

— Torgny Lindgren

“No non-poetic account of reality can be complete.”

— John Myhill

“To master magical realism, one must make the real seem unreal but, more importantly, make the unreal seem real.”

— Kevin Ansbro

“None of it was real; nothing was real. Everything was real; inconceivably real, infinitely dear. These and all things started as nothing, latent within…

— George Saunders

Nihilism has no substance. There is no such thing as nothingness, and zero does not exist. Everything is something. Nothing is nothing.

— Victor Hugo

“It is the fantastic realization of the human essence because the human essence has no true reality.”

— Christopher Hitchens

“There is no reality except in action. Man is nothing else than his plan; he exists only to the extent that he fulfills himself;…

— Jean-Paul Sartre

“None of it was real; nothing was real. Everything was real; inconceivably real, infinitely dear.”

— George Saunders