Literature took the place in my life that had once been occupied by religion: it absorbed me entirely, and transfigured my life.
SIMONE DE BEAUVOIRMan is defined as a human being and a woman as a female — whenever she behaves as a human being she is said to imitate the male.
More Simone de Beauvoir Quotes
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A day in which I don’t write leaves a taste of ashes.
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Man may reproach women for their dissimulation, but his complacency must be great indeed for him to be so constantly duped.
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I love you, with a touch of tragedy and quite madly.
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To catch a husband is an art; to hold him is a job.
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She was not to look beyond herself for the meaning of her life.
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Death itself does not frighten me; it is the jump I am afraid of.
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One always has to wait until the sugar melts, the memory dies, the wound scars over, the sun sets, the unhappiness lifts and fades away.
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Be loved, be admired, be necessary; be somebody.
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If I were the earth it would disgust me, all this vermin on my back, I’d shake it off.
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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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People seem to think that if you keep your head empty you automatically fill your balls.
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One of the benefits that oppression secures for the oppressor is that the humblest among them feels superior.
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A man attaches himself to woman — not to enjoy her, but to enjoy himself.
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It is so tiring to hate someone you love.
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I am too intelligent, too demanding, and too resourceful for anyone to be able to take charge of me entirely. No one knows me or loves me completely. I have only myself.
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