The body is not a thing, it is a situation: it is our grasp on the world and our sketch of our project.
SIMONE DE BEAUVOIRIf I were the earth it would disgust me, all this vermin on my back, I’d shake it off.
More Simone de Beauvoir Quotes
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To catch a husband is an art; to hold him is a job.
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Because we are separated everything separates us, even our efforts to join each other.
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It is dreadful to think that behind me my own past is no longer anything but shifting darkness.
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One is not born a genius, one becomes a genius; and the feminine situation has up to the present rendered this becoming practically impossible.
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You have never had any confidence in him. And if he has no confidence in himself it is because he sees himself through your eyes.
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One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman.
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What is an adult? A child blown up by age.
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I was made for another planet altogether. I mistook the way.
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I could see no reason for being sad. It´s just that it makes me unhappy not to feel happy.
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It is so tiring to hate someone you love.
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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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I enjoyed my exhaustion, though; I liked overdoing things.
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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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A man attaches himself to woman — not to enjoy her, but to enjoy himself.
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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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