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Mystery is never more than a mirage that vanishes as we draw near to look at it.

Simone de Beauvoir

One of the benefits that oppression secures for the oppressor is that the humblest among them feels superior.
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Feeling Humble Oppression Secure
I love you, with a touch of tragedy and quite madly.
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I Love You Mad Touch Tragedy
I realized that even if we went on talking till Judgment Day, I would still find the time all too short.
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Judgement Love Myself Relationship Time
All success cloaks a surrender.
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Success
There is no justification for present existence other than its expansion into an indefinitely open future.
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Existence Future Justice Present
People seem to think that if you keep your head empty you automatically fill your balls.
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Empty People Thinking
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
The body is not a thing, it is a situation: it is our grasp on the world and our sketch of our project.
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Body Philosophy World
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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Life Literature Place Religion
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
Change your life today. Don’t gamble on the future, act now, without delay.
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Act Change Future Life Yourself
Her wings are cut and then she is blamed for not knowing how to fly.
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Blame Fly Herself Wings
It is dreadful to think that behind me my own past is no longer anything but shifting darkness.
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Darkness Past Philosophy Thinking
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
When someone you love dies you pay for the sin of outliving her with a thousand piercing regrets.
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Death Love Pay Regret Sin Yourself
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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