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A man attaches himself to woman — not to enjoy her, but to enjoy himself.

Simone de Beauvoir

If I were the earth it would disgust me, all this vermin on my back, I’d shake it off.
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Earth Myself
To will oneself moral and to will oneself free are one and the same decision.
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Decision Freedom Oneself Willing
Modern woman is everywhere permitted to regard her body as capital for exploitation.
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Body Herself Woman
One can never know oneself but only narrate oneself.
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Be Yourself Oneself Philosophy
I feel something troubling inside of me which scares me, an exhausting violence. But I accept the great adventure of being me.
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Acceptance Adventure Feeling Myself Scare Violence
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
She was ready to deny the existence of space and time rather than admit that love might not be eternal.
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Existence Herself Love Space Time
One’s life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others.
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Life Oneself Value
Life is occupied in both perpetuating itself and in surpassing itself; if all it does is maintain itself, then living is only not dying.
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Death Life Live
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
Capabilities are clearly manifested only when they have been realized.
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Ability Inspirational Worth
You said something very true the other day: that for us, nudity begins with the face.
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Body Naked True Yourself
People seem to think that if you keep your head empty you automatically fill your balls.
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Empty People Thinking
It is so tiring to hate someone you love.
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Break Up Hate Love
Mystery is never more than a mirage that vanishes as we draw near to look at it.
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Mystery Philosophy
If the feminine issue is so absurd, is because the male’s arrogance made it a discussion.
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Arrogant Mad Man

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