One is not born a woman, but becomes one. - Simone de Beauvoir

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

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She was here on earth to make sense of its wild enchantments.

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When an individual is kept in a situation of inferiority, the fact is that he does become inferior. - Simone de Beauvoir

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

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Society cares for the individual only so far as he is profitable. - 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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Life is occupied in both perpetuating itself and in surpassing itself; if all it does is maintain itself, then living is only not dying. - Simone de Beauvoir

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

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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. - Simone de Beauvoir

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