But it is impossible for anyone to say ‘I am sacrificing myself’ without feeling bitterness.
SIMONE DE BEAUVOIRThere’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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One can never know oneself but only narrate oneself.
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The whole world was nothing but an exile with no hope of a return.
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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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Death itself does not frighten me; it is the jump I am afraid of.
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I tried to love you less. I couldn’t.
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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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I could see no reason for being sad. It´s just that it makes me unhappy not to feel happy.
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Be loved, be admired, be necessary; be somebody.
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One of the benefits that oppression secures for the oppressor is that the humblest among them feels superior.
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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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Her wings are cut and then she is blamed for not knowing how to fly.
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I enjoyed my exhaustion, though; I liked overdoing things.
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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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If I were the earth it would disgust me, all this vermin on my back, I’d shake it off.
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I wish that every human life might be pure transparent freedom.
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