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I wish that every human life might be pure transparent freedom.

Simone de Beauvoir

The sin of smiling whilst Louise was weeping, the sin of shedding my own tears and not hers. The sin of being another being.
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Hurt Sin Smile Tears
I am too intelligent, too demanding, and too resourceful for anyone to be able to take charge of me entirely. No one knows me or loves me completely. I have only myself.
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Independent Intelligence Love Myself
There is only one solution if old age is not to be an absurd parody of our former life, and that is to go on pursuing ends that give our existence a meaning.
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Age Existence Life Mad Oneself
Mystery is never more than a mirage that vanishes as we draw near to look at it.
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Mystery Philosophy
Representation of the world, like the world itself, is the work of men; they describe it from their own point of view, which they confuse with absolute truth.
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Man Truth View World
It is in the knowledge of the genuine conditions of our lives that we must draw our strength to live and our reasons for living.
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Knowledge Live Ourselves Reason Strength
I wish that every human life might be pure transparent freedom.
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Freedom Human Myself
A day in which I don’t write leaves a taste of ashes.
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Myself Poet Taste Writing
Oppression tries to defend itself by its utility.
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Oppression Protection
But it is impossible for anyone to say ‘I am sacrificing myself’ without feeling bitterness.
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Feeling Impossible Sacrifice
To abstain from politics is in itself a political attitude.
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Attitude Politics
I tore myself away from the safe comfort of certainties through my love for truth – and truth rewarded me.
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Comfortable Love Myself Safety Truth
If you live long enough, you’ll see that every victory turns into a defeat.
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Defeat Enough Live Victory Yourself
To catch a husband is an art; to hold him is a job.
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Art Husband Marriage
One’s life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others.
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Life Oneself Value
One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman.
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Born Oneself Woman

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