She was ready to deny the existence of space and time rather than admit that love might not be eternal.
SIMONE DE BEAUVOIROne can never know oneself but only narrate oneself.
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Because we are separated everything separates us, even our efforts to join each other.
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History took hold of me and never let me go thereafter.
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A day in which I don’t write leaves a taste of ashes.
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A man attaches himself to woman — not to enjoy her, but to enjoy himself.
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Every war, every revolution, demands the sacrifice of a generation, of a collectivity, by those who undertake it.
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The body is the instrument of our hold on the world.
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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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There is no justification for present existence other than its expansion into an indefinitely open future.
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She was not to look beyond herself for the meaning of her life.
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It is so tiring to hate someone you love.
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One of the benefits that oppression secures for the oppressor is that the humblest among them feels superior.
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I tried to love you less. I couldn’t.
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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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If you point out that they’re walking in shit they scream it’s you that have dirty feet.
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Some things I loved have vanished. A great many others have been given to me.
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