Capabilities are clearly manifested only when they have been realized.
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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A man attaches himself to woman — not to enjoy her, but to enjoy himself.
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The body is not a thing, it is a situation: it is our grasp on the world and our sketch of our project.
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Change your life today. Don’t gamble on the future, act now, without delay.
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A day in which I don’t write leaves a taste of ashes.
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All success cloaks a surrender.
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To lose confidence in one’s body is to lose confidence in oneself.
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If I were the earth it would disgust me, all this vermin on my back, I’d shake it off.
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Self-consciousness is not knowledge but a story one tells about oneself.
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I wish that every human life might be pure transparent freedom.
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I tried to love you less. I couldn’t.
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If you live long enough, you’ll see that every victory turns into a defeat.
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Literature takes its revenge on reality by making it the slave of fiction.
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I love you, with a touch of tragedy and quite madly.
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But it is impossible for anyone to say ‘I am sacrificing myself’ without feeling bitterness.
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One of the benefits that oppression secures for the oppressor is that the humblest among them feels superior.
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