The whole world was nothing but an exile with no hope of a return.
SIMONE DE BEAUVOIROne’s life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others.
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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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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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A day in which I don’t write leaves a taste of ashes.
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She was ready to deny the existence of space and time rather than admit that love might not be eternal.
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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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Be loved, be admired, be necessary; be somebody.
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One’s life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others.
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Authentic love must be founded on reciprocal recognition of two freedoms.
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Counselling man to treat her as a slave while persuading her that she is a queen.
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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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Man may reproach women for their dissimulation, but his complacency must be great indeed for him to be so constantly duped.
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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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If so few female geniuses are found in history, it is because society denies them any means of expression.
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What is an adult? A child blown up by age.
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Girls are weighed down by restrictions, boys with demands – two equally harmful disciplines.
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