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Simone de Beauvoir Quotes: The ideal of happiness has always taken material form in the house, whether cottage or castle; it stands for permanence and separation from the world.
         

The ideal of happiness has always taken material form in the house, whether cottage or castle; it stands for permanence and separation from the world.


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