Girls are weighed down by restrictions, boys with demands – two equally harmful disciplines.
SIMONE DE BEAUVOIRCapabilities are clearly manifested only when they have been realized.
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The body is the instrument of our hold on the world.
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Representation of the world, like the world itself, is the work of men; they describe it from their own point of view, which they confuse with absolute truth.
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A day in which I don’t write leaves a taste of ashes.
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Every war, every revolution, demands the sacrifice of a generation, of a collectivity, by those who undertake it.
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One is not born a genius, one becomes a genius; and the feminine situation has up to the present rendered this becoming practically impossible.
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I would have to have a bit of heroism and get out of myself. But I love myself so much!
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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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You have never had any confidence in him. And if he has no confidence in himself it is because he sees himself through your eyes.
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I could see no reason for being sad. It´s just that it makes me unhappy not to feel happy.
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Authentic love must be founded on reciprocal recognition of two freedoms.
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There is no justification for present existence other than its expansion into an indefinitely open future.
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A man never begins by presenting himself as an individual of a certain sex; it goes without saying that he is a man.
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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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When you stubbornly give one man a chance, you arbitrarily deny it to another one.
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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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