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 BEAUVOIRCounselling man to treat her as a slave while persuading her that she is a queen.
More Simone de Beauvoir Quotes
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A day in which I don’t write leaves a taste of ashes.
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Capabilities are clearly manifested only when they have been realized.
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I wish that every human life might be pure transparent freedom.
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That the child is the supreme aim of woman is a statement having precisely the value of an advertising slogan.
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Self-knowledge is no guarantee of happiness, but it is on the side of happiness and can supply the courage to fight for it.
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The whole world was nothing but an exile with no hope of a return.
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She was ready to deny the existence of space and time rather than admit that love might not be eternal.
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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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The body is the instrument of our hold on the world.
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One’s life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others, by means of love, friendship, indignation and compassion.
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Sex 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.
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I tried to love you less. I couldn’t.
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If you live long enough, you’ll see that every victory turns into a defeat.
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Be loved, be admired, be necessary; be somebody.
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I tore myself away from the safe comfort of certainties through my love for truth – and truth rewarded me.
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