But it is impossible for anyone to say ‘I am sacrificing myself’ without feeling bitterness.
SIMONE DE BEAUVOIRThere is no justification for present existence other than its expansion into an indefinitely open future.
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Modern woman is everywhere permitted to regard her body as capital for exploitation.
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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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Some things I loved have vanished. A great many others have been given to me.
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If you live long enough, you’ll see that every victory turns into a defeat.
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Be loved, be admired, be necessary; be somebody.
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There is something in the New York air that makes sleep useless.
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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.
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Every war, every revolution, demands the sacrifice of a generation, of a collectivity, by those who undertake it.
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It is in the knowledge of the genuine conditions of our lives that we must draw our strength to live and our reasons for living.
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She would never change, but one day at the touch of a fingertip she would fall to dust.
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I could see no reason for being sad. It´s just that it makes me unhappy not to feel happy.
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What is an adult? A child blown up by age.
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History took hold of me and never let me go thereafter.
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I wish that every human life might be pure transparent freedom.
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She was not to look beyond herself for the meaning of her life.
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