The oppressor would not be so strong if he did not have accomplices among the oppressed.
SIMONE DE BEAUVOIRThe oppressor would not be so strong if he did not have accomplices among the oppressed.
SIMONE DE BEAUVOIRThere is no justification for present existence other than its expansion into an indefinitely open future.
SIMONE DE BEAUVOIROne can never know oneself but only narrate oneself.
SIMONE DE BEAUVOIRThat the child is the supreme aim of woman is a statement having precisely the value of an advertising slogan.
SIMONE DE BEAUVOIRSex pleasure in women is a kind of magic spell; it demands complete abandon; if words or movements oppose the magic of caresses, the spell is broken.
SIMONE DE BEAUVOIRA day in which I don’t write leaves a taste of ashes.
SIMONE DE BEAUVOIRThere is something in the New York air that makes sleep useless.
SIMONE DE BEAUVOIRThere 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 BEAUVOIRIf the feminine issue is so absurd, is because the male’s arrogance made it a discussion.
SIMONE DE BEAUVOIRI could see no reason for being sad. It´s just that it makes me unhappy not to feel happy.
SIMONE DE BEAUVOIRIf you point out that they’re walking in shit they scream it’s you that have dirty feet.
SIMONE DE BEAUVOIRMan must not attempt to dispel the ambiguity of his being but, on the contrary, accept the task of realizing it.
SIMONE DE BEAUVOIRHer wings are cut and then she is blamed for not knowing how to fly.
SIMONE DE BEAUVOIRCapabilities are clearly manifested only when they have been realized.
SIMONE DE BEAUVOIRShe would never change, but one day at the touch of a fingertip she would fall to dust.
SIMONE DE BEAUVOIRI tried to love you less. I couldn’t.
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