Every individual concerned to justify his existence feels that his existence involves an undefined need to transcend himself, to engage in freely chosen projects.
SIMONE DE BEAUVOIREvery 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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To will oneself moral and to will oneself free are one and the same decision.
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If so few female geniuses are found in history, it is because society denies them any means of expression.
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No one is more arrogant toward women, more aggressive or scornful, than the man who is anxious about his virility.
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Mystery is never more than a mirage that vanishes as we draw near to look at it.
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But it is impossible for anyone to say ‘I am sacrificing myself’ without feeling bitterness.
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Literature took the place in my life that had once been occupied by religion: it absorbed me entirely, and transfigured my life.
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Modern woman is everywhere permitted to regard her body as capital for exploitation.
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I was made for another planet altogether. I mistook the way.
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Her wings are cut and then she is blamed for not knowing how to fly.
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Whether you think of it as heavenly or as earthly, if you love life immortality is no consultation for death.
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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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The body is the instrument of our hold on the world.
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When someone you love dies you pay for the sin of outliving her with a thousand piercing regrets.
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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 of the benefits that oppression secures for the oppressor is that the humblest among them feels superior.
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