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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.

Simone de Beauvoir

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Be loved, be admired, be necessary; be somebody.
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There is no justification for present existence other than its expansion into an indefinitely open future.
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Some things I loved have vanished. A great many others have been given to me.
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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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Fathers never have exactly the daughters they want because they invent a notion a them that the daughters have to conform to.
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One always has to wait until the sugar melts, the memory dies, the wound scars over, the sun sets, the unhappiness lifts and fades away.
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I tore myself away from the safe comfort of certainties through my love for truth – and truth rewarded me.
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The oppressor would not be so strong if he did not have accomplices among the oppressed.
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That the child is the supreme aim of woman is a statement having precisely the value of an advertising slogan.
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All oppression creates a state of war. And this is no exception.
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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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A man attaches himself to woman — not to enjoy her, but to enjoy himself.
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If you live long enough, you’ll see that every victory turns into a defeat.
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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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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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