"--There you are. The sight of the changing……" — Simone de Beauvoir
"--There you are. The sight of the changing world is miraculous and heartbreaking, both at the same time. --But so it is for me too. The heartbreaking side of growing old is not in the things around one but in oneself."
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206 Quotes by Simone de Beauvoir
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All oppression creates a state of war.
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