Be loved, be admired, be necessary; be somebody.
SIMONE DE BEAUVOIROppression tries to defend itself by its utility.
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I am incapable of conceiving infinity, and yet I do not accept finity. I want this adventure that is the context of my life to go on without end.
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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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It is dreadful to think that behind me my own past is no longer anything but shifting darkness.
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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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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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Self-knowledge is no guarantee of happiness, but it is on the side of happiness and can supply the courage to fight for it.
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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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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 success cloaks a surrender.
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I love you, with a touch of tragedy and quite madly.
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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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What would Prince Charming have for occupation if he had not to awaken the Sleeping beauty?
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She was not to look beyond herself for the meaning of her life.
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If I were the earth it would disgust me, all this vermin on my back, I’d shake it off.
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Her wings are cut and then she is blamed for not knowing how to fly.
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