Death itself does not frighten me; it is the jump I am afraid of.
SIMONE DE BEAUVOIRA man never begins by presenting himself as an individual of a certain sex; it goes without saying that he is a man.
More Simone de Beauvoir Quotes
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Today, however, we are having a hard time living because we are so bent on outwitting death.
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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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It is easier to put people in chains than to remove them if the chains bring prestige, said George Bernard Shaw.
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One is not born a genius, one becomes a genius; and the feminine situation has up to the present rendered this becoming practically impossible.
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What would Prince Charming have for occupation if he had not to awaken the Sleeping beauty?
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Counselling man to treat her as a slave while persuading her that she is a queen.
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One’s life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others, by means of love, friendship, indignation and compassion.
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Her wings are cut and then she is blamed for not knowing how to fly.
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All oppression creates a state of war. And this is no exception.
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Youth and what the Italians so prettily call stamina. The vigor, the fire, that enables you to love and create. When you’ve lost that, you’ve lost everything.
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I realized that even if we went on talking till Judgment Day, I would still find the time all too short.
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To catch a husband is an art; to hold him is a job.
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I would have to have a bit of heroism and get out of myself. But I love myself so much!
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Mystery is never more than a mirage that vanishes as we draw near to look at it.
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There is only one solution if old age is not to be an absurd parody of our former life, and that is to go on pursuing ends that give our existence a meaning.
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