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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.

Simone de Beauvoir

A day in which I don’t write leaves a taste of ashes.
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Myself Poet Taste Writing
No one is more arrogant toward women, more aggressive or scornful, than the man who is anxious about his virility.
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Anger Man Woman
It is easier to put people in chains than to remove them if the chains bring prestige, said George Bernard Shaw.
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Easy People
Authentic love must be founded on reciprocal recognition of two freedoms.
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Freedom Love Philosophy
Whether you think of it as heavenly or as earthly, if you love life immortality is no consultation for death.
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Death Heaven Life Yourself
It was easier for me to think of a world without a creator than of a creator burdened with all the contradictions in the world.
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Creation Easy Thinking World
Youth and what the Italians so prettily call stamina. The vigor, the fire, that enables you to love and create. When you’ve lost that, you’ve lost everything.
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Creation Lost Love Youth
It is so tiring to hate someone you love.
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Break Up Hate Love
She was ready to deny the existence of space and time rather than admit that love might not be eternal.
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Existence Herself Love Space Time
She was not to look beyond herself for the meaning of her life.
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Beyond Herself Life See
People seem to think that if you keep your head empty you automatically fill your balls.
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Empty People Thinking
Every war, every revolution, demands the sacrifice of a generation, of a collectivity, by those who undertake it.
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Demand Sacrifice War
One of the benefits that oppression secures for the oppressor is that the humblest among them feels superior.
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Feeling Humble Oppression Secure
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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Compassion Friendship Life Love Oneself Value
Be loved, be admired, be necessary; be somebody.
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Admire Love Necessary Self Love
To 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 Yourself Experience Oneself

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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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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