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To make oneself an object, to make oneself passive, is a very diff

To make oneself an object, to make oneself passive, is a very different thing from being a passive object. – Simone de Beauvoir

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Some people confuse acceptance with apathy, but theres all the difference in the world. Apathy fails to distinguish between what can and what cannot be helped; acceptance makes that distinction. Apathy paralyzes the will-to-action; acceptance frees it by relieving it of impossible burdens. – Arthur Gordon

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