My contemplation is an excruciation only because it is also a joy. — Simone de Beauvoir, The Ethics of Ambiguity
My contemplation is an excruciation only because it is also a joy. — Simone de Beauvoir, The Ethics of Ambiguity
My contemplation is an excruciation only because it is also a joy. — Simone de Beauvoir, The Ethics of Ambiguity
My contemplation is an excruciation only because it is also a joy. — Simone de Beauvoir, The Ethics of Ambiguity
My contemplation is an excruciation only because it is also a joy. — Simone de Beauvoir, The Ethics of Ambiguity
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My contemplation is an excruciation only because it is also a joy.

— Simone de Beauvoir, The Ethics of Ambiguity
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