black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

A day in which I don’t write leaves a taste of ashes.

Simone de Beauvoir

Mystery is never more than a mirage that vanishes as we draw near to look at it.
SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR

Mystery Philosophy
The body is not a thing, it is a situation: it is our grasp on the world and our sketch of our project.
SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR

Body Philosophy World
Fathers never have exactly the daughters they want because they invent a notion a them that the daughters have to conform to.
SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR

Father Invention
What would Prince Charming have for occupation if he had not to awaken the Sleeping beauty?
SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR

Fantasy Perspective
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.
SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR

Age Existence Life Mad Oneself
Her wings are cut and then she is blamed for not knowing how to fly.
SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR

Blame Fly Herself Wings
To will oneself moral and to will oneself free are one and the same decision.
SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR

Decision Freedom Oneself Willing
Literature took the place in my life that had once been occupied by religion: it absorbed me entirely, and transfigured my life.
SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR

Life Literature Place Religion
One can never know oneself but only narrate oneself.
SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR

Be Yourself Oneself Philosophy
Whether you think of it as heavenly or as earthly, if you love life immortality is no consultation for death.
SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR

Death Heaven Life Yourself
If so few female geniuses are found in history, it is because society denies them any means of expression.
SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR

Expression Female Genius History
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.
SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR

Independent Intelligence Love Myself
Every war, every revolution, demands the sacrifice of a generation, of a collectivity, by those who undertake it.
SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR

Demand Sacrifice War
Self-knowledge is no guarantee of happiness, but it is on the side of happiness and can supply the courage to fight for it.
SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR

Courage Fight Happiness Knowledge
A day in which I don’t write leaves a taste of ashes.
SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR

Myself Poet Taste Writing
It is so tiring to hate someone you love.
SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR

Break Up Hate Love

A day in which I don’t write leaves a taste of ashes.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

A day in which I don’t write leaves a taste of ashes.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Simone de Beauvoir Quotes