Every war, every revolution, demands the sacrifice of a generation, of a collectivity, by those who undertake it.
SIMONE DE BEAUVOIRRepresentation 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 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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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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But it is impossible for anyone to say ‘I am sacrificing myself’ without feeling bitterness.
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I enjoyed my exhaustion, though; I liked overdoing things.
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Self-consciousness is not knowledge but a story one tells about oneself.
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I tried to love you less. I couldn’t.
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There is no justification for present existence other than its expansion into an indefinitely open future.
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To catch a husband is an art; to hold him is a job.
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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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The word love has by no means the same sense for both sexes, and this is one cause of the serious misunderstandings that divide them.
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Be loved, be admired, be necessary; be somebody.
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Mystery is never more than a mirage that vanishes as we draw near to look at it.
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To lose confidence in one’s body is to lose confidence in oneself.
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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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History took hold of me and never let me go thereafter.
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