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Simone Weil
French philosopher, writer, and social activist (1909–1943).
Born February 3rd, 1909 in Paris.
Died August 24th, 1943 at 34 years old in Ashford (tuberculosis).
Occupations
French resistance fighter, autobiographer, diarist, philosopher, poet, secondary school teacher, trade unionist, translator, writer
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Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud. Yann Martel