All oppression creates a state of war. And this is no exception.
SIMONE DE BEAUVOIRLife is occupied in both perpetuating itself and in surpassing itself; if all it does is maintain itself, then living is only not dying.
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I enjoyed my exhaustion, though; I liked overdoing things.
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One’s life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others.
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Weakness’ is weakness only in light of the aims man sets for himself, the instruments at his disposal and the laws he imposes.
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The oppressor would not be so strong if he did not have accomplices among the oppressed.
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I tried to love you less. I couldn’t.
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One’s life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others, by means of love, friendship, indignation and compassion.
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Sex pleasure in women is a kind of magic spell; it demands complete abandon; if words or movements oppose the magic of caresses, the spell is broken.
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A man attaches himself to woman — not to enjoy her, but to enjoy himself.
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Self-consciousness is not knowledge but a story one tells about oneself.
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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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Man must not attempt to dispel the ambiguity of his being but, on the contrary, accept the task of realizing 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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It was easier for me to think of a world without a creator than of a creator burdened with all the contradictions in the world.
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There’s something tragic about you. Your feeling for the absolute. You were made to believe in God and spend your life in a convent.
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Some things I loved have vanished. A great many others have been given to me.
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