I would have to have a bit of heroism and get out of myself. But I love myself so much!
SIMONE DE BEAUVOIROne 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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Mystery is never more than a mirage that vanishes as we draw near to look at it.
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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.
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The whole world was nothing but an exile with no hope of a return.
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One’s life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others, by means of love, friendship, indignation and compassion.
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To abstain from politics is in itself a political attitude.
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But it is impossible for anyone to say ‘I am sacrificing myself’ without feeling bitterness.
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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 man attaches himself to woman — not to enjoy her, but to enjoy himself.
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I tore myself away from the safe comfort of certainties through my love for truth – and truth rewarded me.
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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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That the child is the supreme aim of woman is a statement having precisely the value of an advertising slogan.
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Literature takes its revenge on reality by making it the slave of fiction.
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One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman.
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The sin of smiling whilst Louise was weeping, the sin of shedding my own tears and not hers. The sin of being another being.
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All success cloaks a surrender.
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