Death itself does not frighten me; it is the jump I am afraid of.
SIMONE DE BEAUVOIRThe oppressor would not be so strong if he did not have accomplices among the oppressed.
More Simone de Beauvoir Quotes
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Counselling man to treat her as a slave while persuading her that she is a queen.
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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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The whole world was nothing but an exile with no hope of a return.
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Man must not attempt to dispel the ambiguity of his being but, on the contrary, accept the task of realizing it.
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It is so tiring to hate someone you love.
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She was not to look beyond herself for the meaning of her life.
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Life is occupied in both perpetuating itself and in surpassing itself; if all it does is maintain itself, then living is only not dying.
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A man attaches himself to woman — not to enjoy her, but to enjoy himself.
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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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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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He reflected. ‘I know a lot of different kids of people; what I want is to show each of them how the others really are. You hear so many lies!
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She was ready to deny the existence of space and time rather than admit that love might not be eternal.
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Man may reproach women for their dissimulation, but his complacency must be great indeed for him to be so constantly duped.
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If you live long enough, you’ll see that every victory turns into a defeat.
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The sin of smiling whilst Louise was weeping, the sin of shedding my own tears and not hers. The sin of being another being.
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