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The Blood of Others QUOTES

The Blood of Others QUOTES

1 " They use the pretext of avoiding war, to make you swallow any kind of peace, said Paul. They use the pretext of a revolution to involve us in any kind of war, said Jardinet. "

― Simone de Beauvoir , The Blood of Others

2 " I think that where you go wrong is that you imagine that your reasons for living ought to fall on you, ready-made from heaven, whereas we have to find them for ourselves. "

― Simone de Beauvoir , The Blood of Others

3 " The sin of smiling whilst Louise was weeping, the sin of shedding my own tears and not hers. The sin of being another being. "

― Simone de Beauvoir , The Blood of Others

4 " Ik koos het bestaan niet, maar ik besta. Een ongerijmdheid die verantwoordelijk voor zichzelf is, dat ben ik. "

― Simone de Beauvoir , The Blood of Others

5 " That’s what’s so wonderful about you, you’re so self-sufficient that I feel that you’ve created your own self. "

― Simone de Beauvoir , The Blood of Others

6 " It's easy to pay with the blood of others. "

― Simone de Beauvoir , The Blood of Others

7 " We only exist if we act. "

― Simone de Beauvoir , The Blood of Others

8 " Before me lies a gaping void. And the anguish comes into its own, alone in the void, beyond the vanished things. I am alone. I am that anguish which exists alone, in spite of me; I am merged with that blind existence. In spite of me and yet issuing only from myself. Refuse to exist: I exist. Decide to exist: I exist. Refuse, decide. I exist. There will be dawn. "

― Simone de Beauvoir , The Blood of Others

9 " Ter a porta fechada, os lábios fechados: mas o meu silêncio proclama ordens."tu não dizes nada, e eu vou" ou "não dizes nada, e eu não vou". Toda a minha presença é palavra. Avança então, avança no lodo da noite. Decide. Eu decidi a tua morte e não estamos pagos. Mais ainda. Queria pedir misericórdia: não há misericórdia. "

― Simone de Beauvoir , The Blood of Others

10 " E pesando na terra todo o meu peso imóvel. Tu morres. Outros agonizam lentamente, corpos cheios de golpes, a pele colada aos ossos. "

― Simone de Beauvoir , The Blood of Others

11 " Não há salvação. Nem mesmo a embriagez do desespero e a resolução cega, porque tu estás aí, nessa cama, na luz selvagem da tua morte. "

― Simone de Beauvoir , The Blood of Others