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I could see no reason for being sad. It´s just that it makes me unhappy not to feel happy.

Simone de Beauvoir

What is an adult? A child blown up by age.
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Age Children Perspective
Some things I loved have vanished. A great many others have been given to me.
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Blessing Greatness Love Myself
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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Existence Feeling Freedom
Girls are weighed down by restrictions, boys with demands – two equally harmful disciplines.
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Discipline Man Woman
A man attaches himself to woman — not to enjoy her, but to enjoy himself.
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Attachment Enjoyment Himself Man Woman
The oppressor would not be so strong if he did not have accomplices among the oppressed.
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Oppression Philosophy Strong
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
Self-consciousness is not knowledge but a story one tells about oneself.
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Knowledge Oneself Story
She was not to look beyond herself for the meaning of her life.
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Beyond Herself Life See
Her wings are cut and then she is blamed for not knowing how to fly.
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Blame Fly Herself Wings
That’s what I consider true generosity: You give your all, and yet you always feel as if it costs you nothing.
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Feeling Generosity Myself True
I am incapable of conceiving infinity, and yet I do not accept finity. I want this adventure that is the context of my life to go on without end.
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Acceptance Adventure End Life Myself
History took hold of me and never let me go thereafter.
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History Let Go Myself
Sex pleasure in women is a kind of magic spell; it demands complete abandon; if words or movements oppose the magic of caresses, the spell is broken.
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Break Magic Sex Woman
I tried to love you less. I couldn’t.
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Break Up Love Myself Try
I could see no reason for being sad. It´s just that it makes me unhappy not to feel happy.
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Feeling Happiness Myself Reason

I could see no reason for being sad. It´s just that it makes me unhappy not to feel happy.

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