Simone de Beauvoir
"It is not in giving life but in risking life that man is raised above the animal; that is why superiority has been accorded in humanity not to the sex that brings forth but to that which kills."
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"Change your life today. Don't gamble on the future, act now, without delay."
"One's life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others, by means of love, friendship, indignation and compassion."
"I wish that every human life might be pure transparent freedom."
"To catch a husband is an art; to hold him is a job."
"I tore myself away from the safe comfort of certainties through my love for truth - and truth rewarded me."