A man attaches himself to woman — not to enjoy her, but to enjoy himself.
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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Her wings are cut and then she is blamed for not knowing how to fly.
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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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Some things I loved have vanished. A great many others have been given to me.
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To catch a husband is an art; to hold him is a job.
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Death itself does not frighten me; it is the jump I am afraid of.
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It is easier to put people in chains than to remove them if the chains bring prestige, said George Bernard Shaw.
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Self-consciousness is not knowledge but a story one tells about oneself.
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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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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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A day in which I don’t write leaves a taste of ashes.
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Change your life today. Don’t gamble on the future, act now, without delay.
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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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Fathers never have exactly the daughters they want because they invent a notion a them that the daughters have to conform to.
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Every war, every revolution, demands the sacrifice of a generation, of a collectivity, by those who undertake it.
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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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