Representation of the world, like the world itself, is the work of men; they describe it from their own point of view, which they confuse with absolute truth.
SIMONE DE BEAUVOIRModern woman is everywhere permitted to regard her body as capital for exploitation.
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If you live long enough, you’ll see that every victory turns into a defeat.
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Her wings are cut and then she is blamed for not knowing how to fly.
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Fathers never have exactly the daughters they want because they invent a notion a them that the daughters have to conform to.
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Mystery is never more than a mirage that vanishes as we draw near to look at it.
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But it is impossible for anyone to say ‘I am sacrificing myself’ without feeling bitterness.
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The oppressor would not be so strong if he did not have accomplices among the oppressed.
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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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Authentic love must be founded on reciprocal recognition of two freedoms.
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There is no justification for present existence other than its expansion into an indefinitely open future.
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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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One of the benefits that oppression secures for the oppressor is that the humblest among them feels superior.
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The body is the instrument of our hold on the world.
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What is an adult? A child blown up by age.
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Self-consciousness is not knowledge but a story one tells about oneself.
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One’s life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others, by means of love, friendship, indignation and compassion.
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