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The Woman Destroyed

by Simone de Beauvoir

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“We accept the love we think we deserve.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

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“If you're lonely when you're alone, you're in bad company.”
― Jean-Paul Sartre

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“The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche

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“That which does not kill us makes us stronger.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche

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“Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness.”
― Maya Angelou

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