Simone de Beauvoir Quotes
To give space when what one most yearns for is closeness, that is both the great test and great tragedy of love.
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...the Gods too love a joke.
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I was always rhyming and doing it for the love before I found out I was gonna have children and when I found out, doing it for the love wasn't enough.
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To give space when what one most yearns for is closeness, that is both the great test and great tragedy of love.
