It is so tiring to hate someone you love.
SIMONE DE BEAUVOIRMan must not attempt to dispel the ambiguity of his being but, on the contrary, accept the task of realizing it.
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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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Oppression tries to defend itself by its utility.
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To be oneself, simply oneself, is so amazing and utterly unique an experience that it’s hard to convince oneself so singular a thing happens to everybody.
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One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman.
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A man attaches himself to woman — not to enjoy her, but to enjoy himself.
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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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What would Prince Charming have for occupation if he had not to awaken the Sleeping beauty?
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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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If the feminine issue is so absurd, is because the male’s arrogance made it a discussion.
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History took hold of me and never let me go thereafter.
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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 I were the earth it would disgust me, all this vermin on my back, I’d shake it off.
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Self-consciousness is not knowledge but a story one tells about oneself.
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I tried to love you less. I couldn’t.
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One’s life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others.
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