Literature takes its revenge on reality by making it the slave of fiction.
SIMONE DE BEAUVOIRHer wings are cut and then she is blamed for not knowing how to fly.
More Simone de Beauvoir Quotes
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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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All oppression creates a state of war. And this is no exception.
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Self-knowledge is no guarantee of happiness, but it is on the side of happiness and can supply the courage to fight for it.
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What would Prince Charming have for occupation if he had not to awaken the Sleeping beauty?
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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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Mystery is never more than a mirage that vanishes as we draw near to look at it.
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To catch a husband is an art; to hold him is a job.
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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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One can never know oneself but only narrate oneself.
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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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No one is more arrogant toward women, more aggressive or scornful, than the man who is anxious about his virility.
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To will oneself moral and to will oneself free are one and the same decision.
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Because we are separated everything separates us, even our efforts to join each other.
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A day in which I don’t write leaves a taste of ashes.
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To lose confidence in one’s body is to lose confidence in oneself.
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