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I was made for another planet altogether. I mistook the way.

Simone de Beauvoir

There is only one solution if old age is not to be an absurd parody of our former life, and that is to go on pursuing ends that give our existence a meaning.
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Age Existence Life Mad Oneself
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
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
Weakness’ is weakness only in light of the aims man sets for himself, the instruments at his disposal and the laws he imposes.
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Himself Law Light Man Weakness
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
To lose confidence in one’s body is to lose confidence in oneself.
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Body Confidence Lose Oneself
There is something in the New York air that makes sleep useless.
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Place Waste
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
History took hold of me and never let me go thereafter.
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History Let Go Myself
But it is impossible for anyone to say ‘I am sacrificing myself’ without feeling bitterness.
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Feeling Impossible Sacrifice
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
Ethics is the triumph of freedom over facticity.
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Freedom Moral Winner
Some things I loved have vanished. A great many others have been given to me.
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Blessing Greatness Love Myself
Self-knowledge is no guarantee of happiness, but it is on the side of happiness and can supply the courage to fight for it.
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Courage Fight Happiness Knowledge
To catch a husband is an art; to hold him is a job.
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Art Husband Marriage
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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