It was as though some stubborn god spent their time in an immutable and absurd balancing act between life and death, prosperity and poverty. (Simone de Beauvoir)

It was as though some stubborn god spent their time in an immutable and absurd balancing act between life and death, prosperity and poverty.

Simone de Beauvoir

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