Simone de Beauvoir on acceptance
Simone de Beauvoir99 quotes“I feel something troubling inside of me which scares me, an exhausting violence. But I accept the great adventure of being me.”
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One’s life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others.
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Simone de BeauvoirSimone de Beauvoir The sin of smiling whilst Louise was weeping, the sin of shedding my own tears and not hers. The sin of being another being.
Simone de BeauvoirSimone de Beauvoir 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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Simone de BeauvoirSimone de Beauvoir She was not to look beyond herself for the meaning of her life.
Simone de BeauvoirSimone de Beauvoir Capabilities are clearly manifested only when they have been realized.
Simone de BeauvoirSimone de Beauvoir To be oneself, simply oneself, is so amazing and utterly unique an experience that it’s hard to convince oneself so singular a thing happens to everybody.
Simone de BeauvoirSimone de Beauvoir The body is the instrument of our hold on the world.
Simone de BeauvoirSimone de Beauvoir Authentic love must be founded on reciprocal recognition of two freedoms.
Simone de BeauvoirSimone de Beauvoir Her wings are cut and then she is blamed for not knowing how to fly.
Simone de BeauvoirSimone de Beauvoir People seem to think that if you keep your head empty you automatically fill your balls.
Simone de BeauvoirSimone de Beauvoir There is something in the New York air that makes sleep useless.
Simone de BeauvoirSimone de Beauvoir When you stubbornly give one man a chance, you arbitrarily deny it to another one.
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