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The whole world was nothing but an exile with no hope of a return.
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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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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