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Change your life today. Don't gamble on the future, act now, without delay.

~Simone De Beauvoir

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I wish that every human life might be pure transparent freedom.

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One's life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others, by means of love, friendship, indignation and compassion.

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One is not born a woman, but becomes one.

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No one is more arrogant toward women, more aggressive or scornful, than the man who is anxious about his virility.

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If you live long enough, you'll see that every victory turns into a defeat.

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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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Sex pleasure in woman 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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In itself, homosexuality is as limiting as heterosexuality: the ideal should be to be capable of loving a woman or a man; either, a human being, without feeling fear, restraint, or obligation.

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I am incapable of conceiving infinity, and yet I do not accept finity.

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Biography

Nationality: French

Type: Writer

Born: January 9th, 1908

Died: April 14th, 1986

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