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It is dreadful to think that behind me my own past is no longer anything but shifting darkness.

It is dreadful to think that behind me my own past is no longer anything but shifting darkness.
– Simone de Beauvoir

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  9. …her wings are cut and then she is blamed for not knowing how to fly. – Simone de Beauvoir
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  24. That’s what I consider true generosity: You give your all, and yet you always feel as if it costs you nothing. – Simone de Beauvoir
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