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.
SIMONE DE BEAUVOIRTo 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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One can never know oneself but only narrate oneself.
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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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I enjoyed my exhaustion, though; I liked overdoing things.
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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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All oppression creates a state of war. And this is no exception.
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When someone you love dies you pay for the sin of outliving her with a thousand piercing regrets.
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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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No one is more arrogant toward women, more aggressive or scornful, than the man who is anxious about his virility.
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The body is the instrument of our hold on the world.
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I love you, with a touch of tragedy and quite madly.
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Counselling man to treat her as a slave while persuading her that she is a queen.
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One’s life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others.
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Capabilities are clearly manifested only when they have been realized.
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Her wings are cut and then she is blamed for not knowing how to fly.
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