taken from: sartre's 1946 play 'les mouches' ('the flies', a play in three acts), act III, part 2original text:

'La vie humaine commence de l'autre cote du desespoir' ('human life begins on the other side of despair')about the quoted person:French philosopher, playwright and novelist. He is well-known for his philosophical work L'Etre et le néant (being and nothingness) 1943 and his novels and plays Huis Clos (no exit), La Nausee (nausea) 1938 and LES JEUX SONT FAITS (THE CHIPS ARE DOWN) 1947.see literature for a comprehensive biography.