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The whole world was nothing but an exile with no hope of a return.

Simone de Beauvoir

That the child is the supreme aim of woman is a statement having precisely the value of an advertising slogan.
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Children Value Woman
All oppression creates a state of war. And this is no exception.
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Creation Oppression 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
What would Prince Charming have for occupation if he had not to awaken the Sleeping beauty?
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Fantasy Perspective
One is not born a genius, one becomes a genius; and the feminine situation has up to the present rendered this becoming practically impossible.
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Born Genius Impossible Oneself Presence
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
She was not to look beyond herself for the meaning of her life.
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Beyond Herself Life See
The word love has by no means the same sense for both sexes, and this is one cause of the serious misunderstandings that divide them.
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Love Perspective Understand
Whether you think of it as heavenly or as earthly, if you love life immortality is no consultation for death.
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Death Heaven Life Yourself
To catch a husband is an art; to hold him is a job.
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Art Husband Marriage
But it is impossible for anyone to say ‘I am sacrificing myself’ without feeling bitterness.
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Feeling Impossible Sacrifice
You said something very true the other day: that for us, nudity begins with the face.
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Body Naked True Yourself
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
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
Capabilities are clearly manifested only when they have been realized.
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Ability Inspirational Worth
One’s life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others.
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Life Oneself Value

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