Sex pleasure in women is a kind of magic spell; it demands complete abandon; if words or movements oppose the magic of caresses, the spell is broken.
SIMONE DE BEAUVOIRIt is so tiring to hate someone you love.
More Simone de Beauvoir Quotes
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A man never begins by presenting himself as an individual of a certain sex; it goes without saying that he is a man.
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Oppression tries to defend itself by its utility.
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Capabilities are clearly manifested only when they have been realized.
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The whole world was nothing but an exile with no hope of a return.
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I was made for another planet altogether. I mistook the way.
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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.
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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.
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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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I wish that every human life might be pure transparent freedom.
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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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The body is the instrument of our hold on the world.
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The body is not a thing, it is a situation: it is our grasp on the world and our sketch of our project.
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The characteristic feature of all ethics is to consider human life as a game that can be won or lost and to teach man the means of winning.
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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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Authentic love must be founded on reciprocal recognition of two freedoms.
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