Saint-Germain-des-Prés — November, 1946
Jean-Paul sits at the corner table. The espresso is cold. The ashtray is full. Twenty pages of Being and Nothingness are scattered across the marble top. Outside, Paris is rebuilding itself. Inside, he is asking whether that is necessary.
"Man is condemned to be free; because once thrown into the world, he is responsible for everything he does."
— Jean-Paul Sartre
"One must imagine Sisyphus happy."
— Albert Camus
"One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman."
— Simone de Beauvoir