I could see no reason for being sad. It´s just that it makes me unhappy not to feel happy.
SIMONE DE BEAUVOIRIf I were the earth it would disgust me, all this vermin on my back, I’d shake it off.
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Whether you think of it as heavenly or as earthly, if you love life immortality is no consultation for death.
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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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She was not to look beyond herself for the meaning of her life.
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One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman.
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I enjoyed my exhaustion, though; I liked overdoing things.
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If I were the earth it would disgust me, all this vermin on my back, I’d shake it off.
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I am incapable of conceiving infinity, and yet I do not accept finity. I want this adventure that is the context of my life to go on without end.
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It is in the knowledge of the genuine conditions of our lives that we must draw our strength to live and our reasons for living.
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The sin of smiling whilst Louise was weeping, the sin of shedding my own tears and not hers. The sin of being another being.
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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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The characteristic feature of all ethics is to consider human life as a game that can be won or lost and to teach man the means of winning.
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It is so tiring to hate someone you love.
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Capabilities are clearly manifested only when they have been realized.
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I would have to have a bit of heroism and get out of myself. But I love myself so much!
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She was ready to deny the existence of space and time rather than admit that love might not be eternal.
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