It is dreadful to think that behind me my own past is no longer anything but shifting darkness.
SIMONE DE BEAUVOIRBut it is impossible for anyone to say ‘I am sacrificing myself’ without feeling bitterness.
More Simone de Beauvoir Quotes
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Ethics is the triumph of freedom over facticity.
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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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Her wings are cut and then she is blamed for not knowing how to fly.
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No one is more arrogant toward women, more aggressive or scornful, than the man who is anxious about his virility.
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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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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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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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I realized that even if we went on talking till Judgment Day, I would still find the time all too short.
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One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman.
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You said something very true the other day: that for us, nudity begins with the face.
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What is an adult? A child blown up by age.
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Every individual concerned to justify his existence feels that his existence involves an undefined need to transcend himself, to engage in freely chosen projects.
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One is not born a genius, one becomes a genius; and the feminine situation has up to the present rendered this becoming practically impossible.
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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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Change your life today. Don’t gamble on the future, act now, without delay.
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