There is only one solution if old age is not to be an absurd parody of our former life, and that is to go on pursuing ends that give our existence a meaning.
SIMONE DE BEAUVOIROne of the benefits that oppression secures for the oppressor is that the humblest among them feels superior.
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A man never begins by presenting himself as an individual of a certain sex; it goes without saying that he is a man.
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Be loved, be admired, be necessary; be somebody.
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Man is defined as a human being and a woman as a female — whenever she behaves as a human being she is said to imitate the male.
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I could see no reason for being sad. It´s just that it makes me unhappy not to feel happy.
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Man must not attempt to dispel the ambiguity of his being but, on the contrary, accept the task of realizing it.
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All success cloaks a surrender.
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If so few female geniuses are found in history, it is because society denies them any means of expression.
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Self-consciousness is not knowledge but a story one tells about oneself.
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Death itself does not frighten me; it is the jump I am afraid of.
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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 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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Weakness’ is weakness only in light of the aims man sets for himself, the instruments at his disposal and the laws he imposes.
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If you point out that they’re walking in shit they scream it’s you that have dirty feet.
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But it is impossible for anyone to say ‘I am sacrificing myself’ without feeling bitterness.
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History took hold of me and never let me go thereafter.
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Her wings are cut and then she is blamed for not knowing how to fly.
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Modern woman is everywhere permitted to regard her body as capital for exploitation.
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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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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 realized that even if we went on talking till Judgment Day, I would still find the time all too short.
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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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Whether you think of it as heavenly or as earthly, if you love life immortality is no consultation for death.
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I am too intelligent, too demanding, and too resourceful for anyone to be able to take charge of me entirely. No one knows me or loves me completely. I have only myself.
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What would Prince Charming have for occupation if he had not to awaken the Sleeping beauty?
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The body is not a thing, it is a situation: it is our grasp on the world and our sketch of our project.
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A day in which I don’t write leaves a taste of ashes.
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