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Literature takes its revenge on reality by making it the slave of fiction.

Simone de Beauvoir

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The whole world was nothing but an exile with no hope of a return.
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Hope Philosophy World
Oppression tries to defend itself by its utility.
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Self-consciousness is not knowledge but a story one tells about oneself.
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Knowledge Oneself Story
Today, however, we are having a hard time living because we are so bent on outwitting death.
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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
That’s what I consider true generosity: You give your all, and yet you always feel as if it costs you nothing.
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Feeling Generosity Myself True
It is dreadful to think that behind me my own past is no longer anything but shifting darkness.
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Darkness Past Philosophy Thinking
Be loved, be admired, be necessary; be somebody.
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History took hold of me and never let me go thereafter.
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History Let Go Myself
There is no justification for present existence other than its expansion into an indefinitely open future.
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Existence Future Justice Present
Literature takes its revenge on reality by making it the slave of fiction.
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Literature Reality Revenge Slave
A man attaches himself to woman — not to enjoy her, but to enjoy himself.
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Attachment Enjoyment Himself Man Woman
You have never had any confidence in him. And if he has no confidence in himself it is because he sees himself through your eyes.
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Confidence Eyes Himself See Yourself
Modern woman is everywhere permitted to regard her body as capital for exploitation.
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Body Herself Woman
Some things I loved have vanished. A great many others have been given to me.
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Blessing Greatness Love Myself
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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Knowledge Live Ourselves Reason Strength

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