A man never begins by presenting himself as an individual of a certain sex; it goes without saying that he is a man.
SIMONE DE BEAUVOIROne always has to wait until the sugar melts, the memory dies, the wound scars over, the sun sets, the unhappiness lifts and fades away.
More Simone de Beauvoir Quotes
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If the feminine issue is so absurd, is because the male’s arrogance made it a discussion.
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A man attaches himself to woman — not to enjoy her, but to enjoy himself.
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When you stubbornly give one man a chance, you arbitrarily deny it to another one.
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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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The whole world was nothing but an exile with no hope of a return.
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Fathers never have exactly the daughters they want because they invent a notion a them that the daughters have to conform to.
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I would have to have a bit of heroism and get out of myself. But I love myself so much!
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The body is the instrument of our hold on the world.
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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 love you, with a touch of tragedy and quite madly.
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To catch a husband is an art; to hold him is a job.
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To will oneself moral and to will oneself free are one and the same decision.
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I was made for another planet altogether. I mistook the way.
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It is so tiring to hate someone you love.
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Man is defined as a human being and a woman as a female — whenever she behaves as a human being she is said to imitate the male.
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