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I enjoyed my exhaustion, though; I liked overdoing things.

Simone de Beauvoir

A man never begins by presenting himself as an individual of a certain sex; it goes without saying that he is a man.
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Beginning Himself Man Sex
Some things I loved have vanished. A great many others have been given to me.
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Blessing Greatness Love Myself
I was made for another planet altogether. I mistook the way.
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Mistake Myself
Every war, every revolution, demands the sacrifice of a generation, of a collectivity, by those who undertake it.
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Demand Sacrifice War
Modern woman is everywhere permitted to regard her body as capital for exploitation.
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Body Herself Woman
Her wings are cut and then she is blamed for not knowing how to fly.
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Blame Fly Herself Wings
Fathers never have exactly the daughters they want because they invent a notion a them that the daughters have to conform to.
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Father Invention
She would never change, but one day at the touch of a fingertip she would fall to dust.
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Change Fall Herself Touch
There is no justification for present existence other than its expansion into an indefinitely open future.
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Existence Future Justice Present
Every individual concerned to justify his existence feels that his existence involves an undefined need to transcend himself, to engage in freely chosen projects.
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Existence Feeling Freedom
That’s what I consider true generosity: You give your all, and yet you always feel as if it costs you nothing.
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Feeling Generosity Myself True
Self-knowledge is no guarantee of happiness, but it is on the side of happiness and can supply the courage to fight for it.
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Courage Fight Happiness Knowledge
No one is more arrogant toward women, more aggressive or scornful, than the man who is anxious about his virility.
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Anger Man Woman
One’s life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others.
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Life Oneself Value
I could see no reason for being sad. It´s just that it makes me unhappy not to feel happy.
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Feeling Happiness Myself Reason
Man is defined as a human being and a woman as a female — whenever she behaves as a human being she is said to imitate the male.
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Human Man Woman

I enjoyed my exhaustion, though; I liked overdoing things.

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