Mystery is never more than a mirage that vanishes as we draw near to look at it.
SIMONE DE BEAUVOIRMystery is never more than a mirage that vanishes as we draw near to look at it.
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One can never know oneself but only narrate oneself.
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Some things I loved have vanished. A great many others have been given to me.
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I was made for another planet altogether. I mistook the way.
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Because we are separated everything separates us, even our efforts to join each other.
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That the child is the supreme aim of woman is a statement having precisely the value of an advertising slogan.
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Self-consciousness is not knowledge but a story one tells about oneself.
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People seem to think that if you keep your head empty you automatically fill your balls.
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If you point out that they’re walking in shit they scream it’s you that have dirty feet.
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When you stubbornly give one man a chance, you arbitrarily deny it to another one.
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Modern woman is everywhere permitted to regard her body as capital for exploitation.
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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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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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To will oneself moral and to will oneself free are one and the same decision.
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All oppression creates a state of war. And this is no exception.
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A man attaches himself to woman — not to enjoy her, but to enjoy himself.
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