It is dreadful to think that behind me my own past is no longer anything but shifting darkness.
SIMONE DE BEAUVOIREthics is the triumph of freedom over facticity.
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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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Her wings are cut and then she is blamed for not knowing how to fly.
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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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History took hold of me and never let me go thereafter.
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It is in the knowledge of the genuine conditions of our lives that we must draw our strength to live and our reasons for living.
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Ethics is the triumph of freedom over facticity.
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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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One’s life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others.
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What would Prince Charming have for occupation if he had not to awaken the Sleeping beauty?
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Some things I loved have vanished. A great many others have been given to me.
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Counselling man to treat her as a slave while persuading her that she is a queen.
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A man never begins by presenting himself as an individual of a certain sex; it goes without saying that he is a man.
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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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One of the benefits that oppression secures for the oppressor is that the humblest among them feels superior.
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Oppression tries to defend itself by its utility.
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