She was not to look beyond herself for the meaning of her life.
SIMONE DE BEAUVOIRTo lose confidence in one’s body is to lose confidence in oneself.
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What is an adult? A child blown up by age.
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You have never had any confidence in him. And if he has no confidence in himself it is because he sees himself through your eyes.
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To catch a husband is an art; to hold him is a job.
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All oppression creates a state of war. And this is no exception.
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I tried to love you less. I couldn’t.
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Her wings are cut and then she is blamed for not knowing how to fly.
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A man attaches himself to woman — not to enjoy her, but to enjoy himself.
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But it is impossible for anyone to say ‘I am sacrificing myself’ without feeling bitterness.
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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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There is something in the New York air that makes sleep useless.
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One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman.
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He reflected. ‘I know a lot of different kids of people; what I want is to show each of them how the others really are. You hear so many lies!
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Life is occupied in both perpetuating itself and in surpassing itself; if all it does is maintain itself, then living is only not dying.
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I realized that even if we went on talking till Judgment Day, I would still find the time all too short.
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Today, however, we are having a hard time living because we are so bent on outwitting death.
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