She was not to look beyond herself for the meaning of her life.
SIMONE DE BEAUVOIRThe whole world was nothing but an exile with no hope of a return.
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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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It is in the knowledge of the genuine conditions of our lives that we must draw our strength to live and our reasons for living.
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I enjoyed my exhaustion, though; I liked overdoing things.
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Man must not attempt to dispel the ambiguity of his being but, on the contrary, accept the task of realizing it.
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That’s what I consider true generosity: You give your all, and yet you always feel as if it costs you nothing.
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Death itself does not frighten me; it is the jump I am afraid of.
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It is so tiring to hate someone you love.
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Her wings are cut and then she is blamed for not knowing how to fly.
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When you stubbornly give one man a chance, you arbitrarily deny it to another one.
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The whole world was nothing but an exile with no hope of a return.
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Today, however, we are having a hard time living because we are so bent on outwitting death.
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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 would have to have a bit of heroism and get out of myself. But I love myself so much!
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To abstain from politics is in itself a political attitude.
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The body is the instrument of our hold on the world.
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