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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.

Simone de Beauvoir

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But it is impossible for anyone to say ‘I am sacrificing myself’ without feeling bitterness.
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Feeling Impossible Sacrifice
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
To lose confidence in one’s body is to lose confidence in oneself.
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Body Confidence Lose Oneself
All oppression creates a state of war. And this is no exception.
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Creation Oppression War
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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Compassion Friendship Life Love Oneself Value
There is something in the New York air that makes sleep useless.
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Place Waste
To will oneself moral and to will oneself free are one and the same decision.
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Decision Freedom Oneself Willing
All success cloaks a surrender.
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Success
What is an adult? A child blown up by age.
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Age Children Perspective
Literature takes its revenge on reality by making it the slave of fiction.
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Literature Reality Revenge Slave
I was made for another planet altogether. I mistook the way.
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Mistake Myself
There is only one solution if old age is not to be an absurd parody of our former life, and that is to go on pursuing ends that give our existence a meaning.
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Age Existence Life Mad Oneself
One always has to wait until the sugar melts, the memory dies, the wound scars over, the sun sets, the unhappiness lifts and fades away.
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Fade Happiness Memories Oneself Scars Sun Wait Wound
Mystery is never more than a mirage that vanishes as we draw near to look at it.
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Mystery Philosophy
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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Believe Feeling God Life Religion Tragedy Yourself
If you point out that they’re walking in shit they scream it’s you that have dirty feet.
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