Buying is a profound pleasure. Simone de Beauvoir

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Autobiography begins with a sense of being alone. It is an orphan form. ― John Berger

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This has always been a man's world, and none of the reasons that have been offered in explanation have seemed adequate. - Simone de Beauvoir

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Out of all of the Spider-People, including Peter Parker, Gwen Stacy has the most over-developed sense of responsibility. - Seanan McGuire

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Society cares for the individual only so far as he is profitable. - Simone de Beauvoir

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As far as criticism, I don't mind critics. I mean, I wrote for 'Rolling Stone' for a hot minute. I like criticism. I enjoy criticism. The thing I don't like is cruelty for cruelty's sake. You don't have to be a jerk to say something negative. You can say something in the negative sense and have class. - Patrick Stump

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The universe is under no obligation to make sense to you. ― Neil deGrasse Tyson

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The immense appetite we have for biography comes from a deep-seated sense of equality.

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It is old age, rather than death, that is to be contrasted with life. Old age is life's parody, whereas death transforms life into a destiny: in a way it preserves it by giving it the absolute dimension. Death does away with time. - Simone de Beauvoir

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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. - Simone de Beauvoir

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