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Mystery is never more than a mirage that vanishes as we draw near to look at it.

Simone de Beauvoir

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
Counselling man to treat her as a slave while persuading her that she is a queen.
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Herself Man Slave Woman Empowerment
The oppressor would not be so strong if he did not have accomplices among the oppressed.
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Oppression Philosophy Strong
If you live long enough, you’ll see that every victory turns into a defeat.
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Defeat Enough Live Victory Yourself
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
A man never begins by presenting himself as an individual of a certain sex; it goes without saying that he is a man.
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Beginning Himself Man Sex
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
There is no justification for present existence other than its expansion into an indefinitely open future.
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Existence Future Justice Present
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
People seem to think that if you keep your head empty you automatically fill your balls.
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Empty People Thinking
One can never know oneself but only narrate oneself.
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Be Yourself Oneself Philosophy
Authentic love must be founded on reciprocal recognition of two freedoms.
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Freedom Love Philosophy
One of the benefits that oppression secures for the oppressor is that the humblest among them feels superior.
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Feeling Humble Oppression Secure
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
I was made for another planet altogether. I mistook the way.
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Mistake Myself

Mystery is never more than a mirage that vanishes as we draw near to look at it.

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