Every war, every revolution, demands the sacrifice of a generation, of a collectivity, by those who undertake it.
SIMONE DE BEAUVOIRThe whole world was nothing but an exile with no hope of a return.
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Ethics is the triumph of freedom over facticity.
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All oppression creates a state of war. And this is no exception.
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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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If you live long enough, you’ll see that every victory turns into a defeat.
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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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What is an adult? A child blown up by age.
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A day in which I don’t write leaves a taste of ashes.
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She would never change, but one day at the touch of a fingertip she would fall to dust.
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Change your life today. Don’t gamble on the future, act now, without delay.
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History took hold of me and never let me go thereafter.
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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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Death itself does not frighten me; it is the jump I am afraid of.
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One can never know oneself but only narrate oneself.
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The body is the instrument of our hold on the world.
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What would Prince Charming have for occupation if he had not to awaken the Sleeping beauty?
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