She was ready to deny the existence of space and time rather than admit that love might not be eternal.
SIMONE DE BEAUVOIRThere is only one solution if old age is not to be an absurd parody of our former life, and that is to go on pursuing ends that give our existence a meaning.
More Simone de Beauvoir Quotes
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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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Because we are separated everything separates us, even our efforts to join each other.
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Whether you think of it as heavenly or as earthly, if you love life immortality is no consultation for death.
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If so few female geniuses are found in history, it is because society denies them any means of expression.
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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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I could see no reason for being sad. It´s just that it makes me unhappy not to feel happy.
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I realized that even if we went on talking till Judgment Day, I would still find the time all too short.
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I enjoyed my exhaustion, though; I liked overdoing things.
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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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No one is more arrogant toward women, more aggressive or scornful, than the man who is anxious about his virility.
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All oppression creates a state of war. And this is no exception.
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To lose confidence in one’s body is to lose confidence in oneself.
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One always has to wait until the sugar melts, the memory dies, the wound scars over, the sun sets, the unhappiness lifts and fades away.
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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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If I were the earth it would disgust me, all this vermin on my back, I’d shake it off.
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