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Life is occupied in both perpetuating itself and in surpassing itself; if all it does is maintain itself, then living is only not dying.

Simone de Beauvoir

It is dreadful to think that behind me my own past is no longer anything but shifting darkness.
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Darkness Past Philosophy Thinking
Oppression tries to defend itself by its utility.
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Oppression Protection
Her wings are cut and then she is blamed for not knowing how to fly.
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Blame Fly Herself Wings
Today, however, we are having a hard time living because we are so bent on outwitting death.
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Death Hard Time Live
To will oneself moral and to will oneself free are one and the same decision.
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Decision Freedom Oneself Willing
Modern woman is everywhere permitted to regard her body as capital for exploitation.
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Body Herself Woman
Be loved, be admired, be necessary; be somebody.
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Admire Love Necessary Self Love
What would Prince Charming have for occupation if he had not to awaken the Sleeping beauty?
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Fantasy Perspective
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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Acceptance Adventure End Life Myself
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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Himself Law Light Man Weakness
If you point out that they’re walking in shit they scream it’s you that have dirty feet.
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Blame Character Yourself
If the feminine issue is so absurd, is because the male’s arrogance made it a discussion.
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Arrogant Mad Man
She was ready to deny the existence of space and time rather than admit that love might not be eternal.
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Existence Herself Love Space Time
I tore myself away from the safe comfort of certainties through my love for truth – and truth rewarded me.
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Comfortable Love Myself Safety Truth
The whole world was nothing but an exile with no hope of a return.
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Hope Philosophy World
The characteristic feature of all ethics is to consider human life as a game that can be won or lost and to teach man the means of winning.
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Character Game Human Life Teaching Win
The oppressor would not be so strong if he did not have accomplices among the oppressed.
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Oppression Philosophy Strong
People seem to think that if you keep your head empty you automatically fill your balls.
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Empty People Thinking
I tried to love you less. I couldn’t.
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Break Up Love Myself Try
That the child is the supreme aim of woman is a statement having precisely the value of an advertising slogan.
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Children Value Woman
One’s life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others.
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Life Oneself Value
To be oneself, simply oneself, is so amazing and utterly unique an experience that it’s hard to convince oneself so singular a thing happens to everybody.
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Be Yourself Experience Oneself
Some things I loved have vanished. A great many others have been given to me.
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Blessing Greatness Love Myself
If I were the earth it would disgust me, all this vermin on my back, I’d shake it off.
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Earth Myself
When someone you love dies you pay for the sin of outliving her with a thousand piercing regrets.
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Death Love Pay Regret Sin Yourself
All oppression creates a state of war. And this is no exception.
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Creation Oppression War
I feel something troubling inside of me which scares me, an exhausting violence. But I accept the great adventure of being me.
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Acceptance Adventure Feeling Myself Scare Violence

Life 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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