black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

Be loved, be admired, be necessary; be somebody.

Simone de Beauvoir

I could see no reason for being sad. It´s just that it makes me unhappy not to feel happy.
SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR

Feeling Happiness Myself Reason
All oppression creates a state of war. And this is no exception.
SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR

Creation Oppression War
Man 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.
SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR

Human Man Woman
That’s what I consider true generosity: You give your all, and yet you always feel as if it costs you nothing.
SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR

Feeling Generosity Myself True
Death itself does not frighten me; it is the jump I am afraid of.
SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR

Death Myself Scare
I feel something troubling inside of me which scares me, an exhausting violence. But I accept the great adventure of being me.
SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR

Acceptance Adventure Feeling Myself Scare Violence
She was not to look beyond herself for the meaning of her life.
SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR

Beyond Herself Life See
Weakness’ is weakness only in light of the aims man sets for himself, the instruments at his disposal and the laws he imposes.
SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR

Himself Law Light Man Weakness
Every war, every revolution, demands the sacrifice of a generation, of a collectivity, by those who undertake it.
SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR

Demand Sacrifice War
I am incapable of conceiving infinity, and yet I do not accept finity. I want this adventure that is the context of my life to go on without end.
SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR

Acceptance Adventure End Life Myself
Man must not attempt to dispel the ambiguity of his being but, on the contrary, accept the task of realizing it.
SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR

Acceptance Man
Self-consciousness is not knowledge but a story one tells about oneself.
SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR

Knowledge Oneself Story
Some things I loved have vanished. A great many others have been given to me.
SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR

Blessing Greatness Love Myself
A man never begins by presenting himself as an individual of a certain sex; it goes without saying that he is a man.
SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR

Beginning Himself Man Sex
One’s life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others, by means of love, friendship, indignation and compassion.
SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR

Compassion Friendship Life Love Oneself Value
I enjoyed my exhaustion, though; I liked overdoing things.
SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR

Enjoyment Myself

Be loved, be admired, be necessary; be somebody.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

Be loved, be admired, be necessary; be somebody.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Simone de Beauvoir Quotes