The oppressor would not be so strong if he did not have accomplices among the oppressed.
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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People seem to think that if you keep your head empty you automatically fill your balls.
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Oppression tries to defend itself by its utility.
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To lose confidence in one’s body is to lose confidence in oneself.
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I am too intelligent, too demanding, and too resourceful for anyone to be able to take charge of me entirely. No one knows me or loves me completely. I have only myself.
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The word love has by no means the same sense for both sexes, and this is one cause of the serious misunderstandings that divide them.
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If you point out that they’re walking in shit they scream it’s you that have dirty feet.
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A day in which I don’t write leaves a taste of ashes.
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To will oneself moral and to will oneself free are one and the same decision.
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If you live long enough, you’ll see that every victory turns into a defeat.
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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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Authentic love must be founded on reciprocal recognition of two freedoms.
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Sex pleasure in women is a kind of magic spell; it demands complete abandon; if words or movements oppose the magic of caresses, the spell is broken.
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But it is impossible for anyone to say ‘I am sacrificing myself’ without feeling bitterness.
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I love you, with a touch of tragedy and quite madly.
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I was made for another planet altogether. I mistook the way.
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