If so few female geniuses are found in history, it is because society denies them any means of expression.
SIMONE DE BEAUVOIRIf so few female geniuses are found in history, it is because society denies them any means of expression.
SIMONE DE BEAUVOIRToday, however, we are having a hard time living because we are so bent on outwitting death.
SIMONE DE BEAUVOIRCounselling man to treat her as a slave while persuading her that she is a queen.
SIMONE DE BEAUVOIRThere is no justification for present existence other than its expansion into an indefinitely open future.
SIMONE DE BEAUVOIRBe loved, be admired, be necessary; be somebody.
SIMONE DE BEAUVOIRShe would never change, but one day at the touch of a fingertip she would fall to dust.
SIMONE DE BEAUVOIRI could see no reason for being sad. It´s just that it makes me unhappy not to feel happy.
SIMONE DE BEAUVOIRMan may reproach women for their dissimulation, but his complacency must be great indeed for him to be so constantly duped.
SIMONE DE BEAUVOIRSociety cares about the individual only in so far as he is profitable. The young know this. Their anxiety as they enter in upon social life matches the anguish of the old as they are excluded from it.
SIMONE DE BEAUVOIRHer wings are cut and then she is blamed for not knowing how to fly.
SIMONE DE BEAUVOIRA man never begins by presenting himself as an individual of a certain sex; it goes without saying that he is a man.
SIMONE DE BEAUVOIRI tore myself away from the safe comfort of certainties through my love for truth – and truth rewarded me.
SIMONE DE BEAUVOIRShe was ready to deny the existence of space and time rather than admit that love might not be eternal.
SIMONE DE BEAUVOIRThere is something in the New York air that makes sleep useless.
SIMONE DE BEAUVOIRIf you live long enough, you’ll see that every victory turns into a defeat.
SIMONE DE BEAUVOIRTo 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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