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I could see no reason for being sad. It´s just that it makes me unhappy not to feel happy.

Simone de Beauvoir

I was made for another planet altogether. I mistook the way.
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Mistake Myself
There is something in the New York air that makes sleep useless.
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Place Waste
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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Acceptance Man
I enjoyed my exhaustion, though; I liked overdoing things.
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Enjoyment Myself
Every individual concerned to justify his existence feels that his existence involves an undefined need to transcend himself, to engage in freely chosen projects.
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Existence Feeling Freedom
A man never begins by presenting himself as an individual of a certain sex; it goes without saying that he is a man.
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Beginning Himself Man Sex
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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Different Himself Lie People Reflection
Man is defined as a human being and a woman as a female — whenever she behaves as a human being she is said to imitate the male.
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Human Man Woman
To will oneself moral and to will oneself free are one and the same decision.
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Decision Freedom Oneself Willing
Weakness’ is weakness only in light of the aims man sets for himself, the instruments at his disposal and the laws he imposes.
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Himself Law Light Man Weakness
Because we are separated everything separates us, even our efforts to join each other.
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Effort Separate Togetherness
No one is more arrogant toward women, more aggressive or scornful, than the man who is anxious about his virility.
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Anger Man Woman
What is an adult? A child blown up by age.
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Age Children Perspective
Whether you think of it as heavenly or as earthly, if you love life immortality is no consultation for death.
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Death Heaven Life Yourself
She was ready to deny the existence of space and time rather than admit that love might not be eternal.
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Existence Herself Love Space Time
When you stubbornly give one man a chance, you arbitrarily deny it to another one.
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