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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

Man must not attempt to dispel the ambiguity of his being but, on the contrary, accept the task of realizing it.
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Acceptance Man
What would Prince Charming have for occupation if he had not to awaken the Sleeping beauty?
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Fantasy Perspective
I was made for another planet altogether. I mistook the way.
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Mistake Myself
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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Body Philosophy World
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
Her wings are cut and then she is blamed for not knowing how to fly.
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Blame Fly Herself Wings
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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Break Magic Sex Woman
One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman.
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Born Oneself Woman
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
There is no justification for present existence other than its expansion into an indefinitely open future.
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Existence Future Justice Present
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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Fade Happiness Memories Oneself Scars Sun Wait Wound
Every individual concerned to justify his existence feels that his existence involves an undefined need to transcend himself, to engage in freely chosen projects.
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Existence Feeling Freedom
Modern woman is everywhere permitted to regard her body as capital for exploitation.
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Body Herself Woman
Authentic love must be founded on reciprocal recognition of two freedoms.
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Freedom Love Philosophy
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
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

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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