The sin of smiling whilst Louise was weeping, the sin of shedding my own tears and not hers. The sin of being another being.
SIMONE DE BEAUVOIRThe oppressor would not be so strong if he did not have accomplices among the oppressed.
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Death itself does not frighten me; it is the jump I am afraid of.
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A day in which I don’t write leaves a taste of ashes.
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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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To abstain from politics is in itself a political attitude.
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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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I was made for another planet altogether. I mistook the way.
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If you live long enough, you’ll see that every victory turns into a defeat.
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What is an adult? A child blown up by age.
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It is so tiring to hate someone you love.
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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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One can never know oneself but only narrate oneself.
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I love you, with a touch of tragedy and quite madly.
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Modern woman is everywhere permitted to regard her body as capital for exploitation.
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Change your life today. Don’t gamble on the future, act now, without delay.
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The whole world was nothing but an exile with no hope of a return.
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