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 BEAUVOIRThe 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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It is so tiring to hate someone you love.
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But it is impossible for anyone to say ‘I am sacrificing myself’ without feeling bitterness.
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One of the benefits that oppression secures for the oppressor is that the humblest among them feels superior.
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I tried to love you less. I couldn’t.
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There is something in the New York air that makes sleep useless.
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I love you, with a touch of tragedy and quite madly.
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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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Change your life today. Don’t gamble on the future, act now, without delay.
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Counselling man to treat her as a slave while persuading her that she is a queen.
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I was made for another planet altogether. I mistook the way.
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If you live long enough, you’ll see that every victory turns into a defeat.
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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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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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To lose confidence in one’s body is to lose confidence in oneself.
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Whether you think of it as heavenly or as earthly, if you love life immortality is no consultation for death.
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