Capabilities are clearly manifested only when they have been realized.
SIMONE DE BEAUVOIRIt is dreadful to think that behind me my own past is no longer anything but shifting darkness.
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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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What is an adult? A child blown up by age.
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Her wings are cut and then she is blamed for not knowing how to fly.
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She was not to look beyond herself for the meaning of her life.
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I would have to have a bit of heroism and get out of myself. But I love myself so much!
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It was easier for me to think of a world without a creator than of a creator burdened with all the contradictions in the world.
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Be loved, be admired, be necessary; be somebody.
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She was ready to deny the existence of space and time rather than admit that love might not be eternal.
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It is dreadful to think that behind me my own past is no longer anything but shifting darkness.
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Counselling man to treat her as a slave while persuading her that she is a queen.
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A day in which I don’t write leaves a taste of ashes.
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That the child is the supreme aim of woman is a statement having precisely the value of an advertising slogan.
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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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There is something in the New York air that makes sleep useless.
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Authentic love must be founded on reciprocal recognition of two freedoms.
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