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There is something in the New York air that makes sleep useless.

Simone de Beauvoir

Every war, every revolution, demands the sacrifice of a generation, of a collectivity, by those who undertake it.
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Demand Sacrifice War
Modern woman is everywhere permitted to regard her body as capital for exploitation.
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Body Herself Woman
If I were the earth it would disgust me, all this vermin on my back, I’d shake it off.
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Earth Myself
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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Judgement Love Myself Relationship Time
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.
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Age Existence Life Mad Oneself
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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Acceptance Man
To will oneself moral and to will oneself free are one and the same decision.
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Decision Freedom Oneself Willing
That the child is the supreme aim of woman is a statement having precisely the value of an advertising slogan.
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Children Value Woman
She was not to look beyond herself for the meaning of her life.
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Beyond Herself Life See
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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Fade Happiness Memories Oneself Scars Sun Wait Wound
One’s life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others.
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Life Oneself Value
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 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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Creation Easy Thinking World
If you live long enough, you’ll see that every victory turns into a defeat.
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Defeat Enough Live Victory Yourself
I love you, with a touch of tragedy and quite madly.
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I Love You Mad Touch Tragedy
Capabilities are clearly manifested only when they have been realized.
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Ability Inspirational Worth

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