I was made for another planet altogether. I mistook the way.
SIMONE DE BEAUVOIREvery war, every revolution, demands the sacrifice of a generation, of a collectivity, by those who undertake it.
More Simone de Beauvoir Quotes
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If the feminine issue is so absurd, is because the male’s arrogance made it a discussion.
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I wish that every human life might be pure transparent freedom.
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Youth and what the Italians so prettily call stamina. The vigor, the fire, that enables you to love and create. When you’ve lost that, you’ve lost everything.
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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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One’s life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others.
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I tried to love you less. I couldn’t.
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She was not to look beyond herself for the meaning of her life.
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Capabilities are clearly manifested only when they have been realized.
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One of the benefits that oppression secures for the oppressor is that the humblest among them feels superior.
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The whole world was nothing but an exile with no hope of a return.
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Girls are weighed down by restrictions, boys with demands – two equally harmful disciplines.
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Some things I loved have vanished. A great many others have been given to me.
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Oppression tries to defend itself by its utility.
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What would Prince Charming have for occupation if he had not to awaken the Sleeping beauty?
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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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