Society, being codified by man, decrees that woman is inferior; she can do away with this inferiority only by destroying the male's superiority. - Simone de Beauvoir

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I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live up to what light I have.― Abraham Lincoln

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Buying is a profound pleasure. Simone de Beauvoir

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I wish that every human life might be pure transparent freedom. - 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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I tore myself away from the safe comfort of certainties through my love for truth - and truth rewarded me. - Simone de Beauvoir

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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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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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Parenting meant that whether or not your children understood you, your obligation was to understand them.

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Art is an attempt to integrate evil. - Simone de Beauvoir

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