There is no justification for present existence other than its expansion into an indefinitely open future.
SIMONE DE BEAUVOIRWhen you stubbornly give one man a chance, you arbitrarily deny it to another one.
More Simone de Beauvoir Quotes
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She was not to look beyond herself for the meaning of her life.
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To be oneself, simply oneself, is so amazing and utterly unique an experience that it’s hard to convince oneself so singular a thing happens to everybody.
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Be loved, be admired, be necessary; be somebody.
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I enjoyed my exhaustion, though; I liked overdoing things.
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If you live long enough, you’ll see that every victory turns into a defeat.
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I tore myself away from the safe comfort of certainties through my love for truth – and truth rewarded me.
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Death itself does not frighten me; it is the jump I am afraid of.
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History took hold of me and never let me go thereafter.
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Ethics is the triumph of freedom over facticity.
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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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You said something very true the other day: that for us, nudity begins with the face.
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All oppression creates a state of war. And this is no exception.
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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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It is easier to put people in chains than to remove them if the chains bring prestige, said George Bernard Shaw.
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He reflected. ‘I know a lot of different kids of people; what I want is to show each of them how the others really are. You hear so many lies!
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