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Feb. 26, 2002
From: Dementia
Date: Mon Feb 25, 2002 1:52 pm
Subject: a quote

Here is a quote I came upon earlier today, I though many of you may
like
it. It was said (written?) by Simone de Beauvoir, however the page did
not give reference to the exact source.

"The curse which lies upon marriage is that too often the individuals
are joined in their weakness rather than in their strength-each
asking from the other instead of finding pleasure in giving. It is
even more deceptive to dream of gaining through the child a
plenitude, a warmth, a value, which one is unable to create for
oneself; the child brings joy only to the woman who is capable of
disinterestedly desiring the happiness of another, to one who without
being wrapped up in self seeks to transcend her own existence."