There is no justification for present existence other than its expansion into an indefinitely open future.
SIMONE DE BEAUVOIRI could see no reason for being sad. It´s just that it makes me unhappy not to feel happy.
More Simone de Beauvoir Quotes
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One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman.
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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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Oppression tries to defend itself by its utility.
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Death itself does not frighten me; it is the jump I am afraid of.
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Her wings are cut and then she is blamed for not knowing how to fly.
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Capabilities are clearly manifested only when they have been realized.
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To abstain from politics is in itself a political attitude.
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Ethics is the triumph of freedom over facticity.
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To catch a husband is an art; to hold him is a job.
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Representation of the world, like the world itself, is the work of men; they describe it from their own point of view, which they confuse with absolute truth.
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The word love has by no means the same sense for both sexes, and this is one cause of the serious misunderstandings that divide them.
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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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I would have to have a bit of heroism and get out of myself. But I love myself so much!
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What is an adult? A child blown up by age.
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Modern woman is everywhere permitted to regard her body as capital for exploitation.
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