Man is defined as a human being and a woman as a female — whenever she behaves as a human being she is said to imitate the male.
SIMONE DE BEAUVOIRSome things I loved have vanished. A great many others have been given to me.
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Capabilities are clearly manifested only when they have been realized.
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A day in which I don’t write leaves a taste of ashes.
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There is no justification for present existence other than its expansion into an indefinitely open future.
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Literature takes its revenge on reality by making it the slave of fiction.
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One’s life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others, by means of love, friendship, indignation and compassion.
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Authentic love must be founded on reciprocal recognition of two freedoms.
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If you point out that they’re walking in shit they scream it’s you that have dirty feet.
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No one is more arrogant toward women, more aggressive or scornful, than the man who is anxious about his virility.
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A man attaches himself to woman — not to enjoy her, but to enjoy himself.
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The characteristic feature of all ethics is to consider human life as a game that can be won or lost and to teach man the means of winning.
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I would have to have a bit of heroism and get out of myself. But I love myself so much!
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That’s what I consider true generosity: You give your all, and yet you always feel as if it costs you nothing.
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Be loved, be admired, be necessary; be somebody.
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She would never change, but one day at the touch of a fingertip she would fall to dust.
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History took hold of me and never let me go thereafter.
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