I am better at dry sadness than at cold anger, for I remained dry eyed until now, as dry as smoked fish, but my heart is a kind of dirty soft custard inside.
— Simone de Beauvoir Modern

Feminist existentialism

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From a letter to Nelson Algren, expressing her emotional state after a visit.

Date / Period

September 1950

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Humorous

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https://www.themarginalian.org/2012/09/10/simone-de-beauvoir-breakup-letter/

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