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There’s something tragic about you. Your feeling for the absolute. You were made to believe in God and spend your life in a convent.

Simone de Beauvoir

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You have never had any confidence in him. And if he has no confidence in himself it is because he sees himself through your eyes.
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Confidence Eyes Himself See Yourself
To will oneself moral and to will oneself free are one and the same decision.
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Decision Freedom Oneself Willing
All success cloaks a surrender.
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Man may reproach women for their dissimulation, but his complacency must be great indeed for him to be so constantly duped.
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Greatness Himself Man Woman
He reflected. ‘I know a lot of different kids of people; what I want is to show each of them how the others really are. You hear so many lies!
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Different Himself Lie People Reflection
Some things I loved have vanished. A great many others have been given to me.
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Blessing Greatness Love Myself
One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman.
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Born Oneself Woman
One is not born a genius, one becomes a genius; and the feminine situation has up to the present rendered this becoming practically impossible.
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Born Genius Impossible Oneself Presence
If you live long enough, you’ll see that every victory turns into a defeat.
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Defeat Enough Live Victory Yourself
Be loved, be admired, be necessary; be somebody.
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Admire Love Necessary Self Love
What is an adult? A child blown up by age.
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Age Children Perspective
Mystery is never more than a mirage that vanishes as we draw near to look at it.
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Mystery Philosophy
But it is impossible for anyone to say ‘I am sacrificing myself’ without feeling bitterness.
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Feeling Impossible Sacrifice
There’s something tragic about you. Your feeling for the absolute. You were made to believe in God and spend your life in a convent.
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Believe Feeling God Life Religion Tragedy Yourself
If so few female geniuses are found in history, it is because society denies them any means of expression.
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Expression Female Genius History
She would never change, but one day at the touch of a fingertip she would fall to dust.
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Change Fall Herself Touch

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