One is still what one is going to cease to be and already what one is going to become. One lives one's death, one dies one's life. - Jean-Paul Sartre (Saint Genet, Actor and Martyr Quotes)

One is still what one is going to cease to be and already what one is going to become. One lives one’s death, one dies one’s life.[On est encore ce qu’on va cesser d’être et déjà ce qu’on va devenir; on vit sa mort, on meurt sa vie.]

Source:Saint Genet, Actor and Martyr (1952), (George Braziller, ed. 1963), Book I. The Metamorphosis, Page 2
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