The whole world was nothing but an exile with no hope of a return.
SIMONE DE BEAUVOIRIf you live long enough, you’ll see that every victory turns into a defeat.
More Simone de Beauvoir Quotes
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Counselling man to treat her as a slave while persuading her that she is a queen.
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History took hold of me and never let me go thereafter.
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I could see no reason for being sad. It´s just that it makes me unhappy not to feel happy.
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There’s something tragic about you. Your feeling for the absolute. You were made to believe in God and spend your life in a convent.
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One’s life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others.
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It is dreadful to think that behind me my own past is no longer anything but shifting darkness.
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But it is impossible for anyone to say ‘I am sacrificing myself’ without feeling bitterness.
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The body is the instrument of our hold on the world.
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I love you, with a touch of tragedy and quite madly.
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A man attaches himself to woman — not to enjoy her, but to enjoy himself.
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There is something in the New York air that makes sleep useless.
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She was ready to deny the existence of space and time rather than admit that love might not be eternal.
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When someone you love dies you pay for the sin of outliving her with a thousand piercing regrets.
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Some things I loved have vanished. A great many others have been given to me.
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He reflected. ‘I know a lot of different kids of people; what I want is to show each of them how the others really are. You hear so many lies!
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