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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!

Simone de Beauvoir

One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman.
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Born Oneself Woman
Man must not attempt to dispel the ambiguity of his being but, on the contrary, accept the task of realizing it.
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Acceptance Man
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
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
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
I could see no reason for being sad. It´s just that it makes me unhappy not to feel happy.
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Feeling Happiness Myself Reason
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 you live long enough, you’ll see that every victory turns into a defeat.
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Defeat Enough Live Victory Yourself
Sex pleasure in women is a kind of magic spell; it demands complete abandon; if words or movements oppose the magic of caresses, the spell is broken.
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Break Magic Sex Woman
Change your life today. Don’t gamble on the future, act now, without delay.
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Act Change Future Life Yourself
I love you, with a touch of tragedy and quite madly.
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I Love You Mad Touch Tragedy
I wish that every human life might be pure transparent freedom.
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Freedom Human Myself
It is so tiring to hate someone you love.
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Break Up Hate Love
But it is impossible for anyone to say ‘I am sacrificing myself’ without feeling bitterness.
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Feeling Impossible Sacrifice
Girls are weighed down by restrictions, boys with demands – two equally harmful disciplines.
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Discipline Man Woman
No one is more arrogant toward women, more aggressive or scornful, than the man who is anxious about his virility.
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Anger 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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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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