Self-consciousness is not knowledge but a story one tells about oneself.
SIMONE DE BEAUVOIRWhat is an adult? A child blown up by age.
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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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I tore myself away from the safe comfort of certainties through my love for truth – and truth rewarded me.
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To catch a husband is an art; to hold him is a job.
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One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman.
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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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Death itself does not frighten me; it is the jump I am afraid of.
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It is dreadful to think that behind me my own past is no longer anything but shifting darkness.
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The body is the instrument of our hold on the world.
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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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Mystery is never more than a mirage that vanishes as we draw near to look at it.
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She would never change, but one day at the touch of a fingertip she would fall to dust.
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Authentic love must be founded on reciprocal recognition of two freedoms.
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What would Prince Charming have for occupation if he had not to awaken the Sleeping beauty?
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Oppression tries to defend itself by its utility.
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She was not to look beyond herself for the meaning of her life.
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