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The body is not a thing, it is a situation: it is our grasp on the world and our sketch of our project
Simone de Beauvoir
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Simone de Beauvoir
Age: 78 †
Born: 1908
Born: January 9
Died: 1986
Died: April 14
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Simone-Lucie-Ernestine-Marie Bertrand de Beauvoir
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Simone Lucie Ernestine Marie Bertrand de Beauvoir
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If you live long enough, you'll see that every victory turns into a defeat.
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To be a woman, if not a defect, is at least a peculiarity.
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That a whole part of the middle class detests me... is utterly normal. I would be troubled if the contrary were true.
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