Be loved, be admired, be necessary; be somebody.
SIMONE DE BEAUVOIRNo one is more arrogant toward women, more aggressive or scornful, than the man who is anxious about his virility.
More Simone de Beauvoir Quotes
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The oppressor would not be so strong if he did not have accomplices among the oppressed.
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There is something in the New York air that makes sleep useless.
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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.
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You said something very true the other day: that for us, nudity begins with the face.
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Her wings are cut and then she is blamed for not knowing how to fly.
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Self-consciousness is not knowledge but a story one tells about oneself.
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But it is impossible for anyone to say ‘I am sacrificing myself’ without feeling bitterness.
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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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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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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.
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One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman.
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Death itself does not frighten me; it is the jump I am afraid of.
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When someone you love dies you pay for the sin of outliving her with a thousand piercing regrets.
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There’s something tragic about you. Your feeling for the absolute. You were made to believe in God and spend your life in a convent.
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That’s what I consider true generosity: You give your all, and yet you always feel as if it costs you nothing.
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