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It is dreadful to think that behind me my own past is no longer anything but shifting darkness.

Simone de Beauvoir

I realized that even if we went on talking till Judgment Day, I would still find the time all too short.
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Judgement Love Myself Relationship Time
Death itself does not frighten me; it is the jump I am afraid of.
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Death Myself Scare
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
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
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
When you stubbornly give one man a chance, you arbitrarily deny it to another one.
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Man Philosophy
I was made for another planet altogether. I mistook the way.
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Mistake Myself
Ethics is the triumph of freedom over facticity.
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Freedom Moral Winner
A man attaches himself to woman — not to enjoy her, but to enjoy himself.
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Attachment Enjoyment Himself Man Woman
The body is not a thing, it is a situation: it is our grasp on the world and our sketch of our project.
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Body Philosophy World
That the child is the supreme aim of woman is a statement having precisely the value of an advertising slogan.
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Children Value 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
Mystery is never more than a mirage that vanishes as we draw near to look at it.
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Mystery Philosophy
Literature took the place in my life that had once been occupied by religion: it absorbed me entirely, and transfigured my life.
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Life Literature Place Religion
Her wings are cut and then she is blamed for not knowing how to fly.
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Blame Fly Herself Wings
One always has to wait until the sugar melts, the memory dies, the wound scars over, the sun sets, the unhappiness lifts and fades away.
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Fade Happiness Memories Oneself Scars Sun Wait Wound

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