It is in the knowledge of the genuine conditions of our lives that we must draw our strength to live and our reasons for living.
SIMONE DE BEAUVOIRA man attaches himself to woman — not to enjoy her, but to enjoy himself.
More Simone de Beauvoir Quotes
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He reflected. ‘I know a lot of different kids of people; what I want is to show each of them how the others really are. You hear so many lies!
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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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The sin of smiling whilst Louise was weeping, the sin of shedding my own tears and not hers. The sin of being another being.
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The whole world was nothing but an exile with no hope of a return.
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I love you, with a touch of tragedy and quite madly.
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To will oneself moral and to will oneself free are one and the same decision.
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Be loved, be admired, be necessary; be somebody.
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I enjoyed my exhaustion, though; I liked overdoing things.
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Counselling man to treat her as a slave while persuading her that she is a queen.
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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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Capabilities are clearly manifested only when they have been realized.
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The body is not a thing, it is a situation: it is our grasp on the world and our sketch of our project.
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She would never change, but one day at the touch of a fingertip she would fall to dust.
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It was easier for me to think of a world without a creator than of a creator burdened with all the contradictions in the world.
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One’s life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others.
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