Death itself does not frighten me; it is the jump I am afraid of.
SIMONE DE BEAUVOIRTo abstain from politics is in itself a political attitude.
More Simone de Beauvoir Quotes
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It is dreadful to think that behind me my own past is no longer anything but shifting darkness.
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It is easier to put people in chains than to remove them if the chains bring prestige, said George Bernard Shaw.
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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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Capabilities are clearly manifested only when they have been realized.
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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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I feel something troubling inside of me which scares me, an exhausting violence. But I accept the great adventure of being me.
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Be loved, be admired, be necessary; be somebody.
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Some things I loved have vanished. A great many others have been given to me.
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She was ready to deny the existence of space and time rather than admit that love might not be eternal.
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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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One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman.
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I was made for another planet altogether. I mistook the way.
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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.
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If you live long enough, you’ll see that every victory turns into a defeat.
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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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