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I tore myself away from the safe comfort of certainties through my love for truth and truth rewarded me.
All Said and Done (1972), p. 16 ISBN 1569249814 |
There is a good case for showing that airplanes, Debray machines, thetelephoneand theradio donot make men of today happier than those of former times.
Simone De BeauvoirOn ne na|"t pas femme: on le devient. One is not born a woman: one becomes a woman.
Simone De BeauvoirCe n'est gue' re que dans les asiles que les coquettes gardent avec ente" tement une foi entie' re en des regards absents; normalement, elles re clament des te moins. Women fond of dress are hardly ever entirely satisfied not to be seen, except among the insane; usually they want witnesses.
Simone De BeauvoirLa femme?sait que quand on la regarde on ne la distingue pas de son apparence: elle est juge e, respecte e, de sire e a' travers sa toilette. Woman?knows that when she is looked at she is not considered apart from her appearance: she is judged, respected, desired, by and through her toilette.
Simone De BeauvoirSi l'on vit assez longtemps, on voit que toute victoire se change un jour en de faite. If you live long enough, you'll find that every victory turns into a defeat.
Simone De BeauvoirI wish that every human life might be pure transparent freedom .
Simone De BeauvoirOne's life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others, by means of love, friendship , indignation and compassion .
Simone De BeauvoirIn itself, homosexuality is as limiting as heterosexuality: the ideal should be to be capable of loving a woman or a man; either, a human being, without feeling fear, restraint, or obligation.
Simone De BeauvoirWe were two of a kind, and our relationship would endure as long as we did: but it could not make up entirely for the fleeting riches to be had from encounters with different people.
Simone De BeauvoirDefending the truth is not something one does out of a sense of duty or to allay guilt complexes, but is a reward in itself.
Simone De BeauvoirChange your life today. Don't gamble on the future, act now, without delay.
Simone De BeauvoirOne day I'll be old, dead, forgotten. And at this very moment, while I'm sitting here thinking these things, a man in a dingy hotel room is thinking, "I will always be here."
Simone De BeauvoirDare to believe me. Dare!
Simone De BeauvoirThey were walking side by side, but each was alone.
Simone De BeauvoirYou're unique like all other women.
Simone De BeauvoirWhat has value in their eyes is never what is done for them; it's what they do for themselves.
Simone De BeauvoirIt is impossible to do anything for anyone.
Simone De Beauvoir[C]'est la vraie générosité:;; vous donnez tout et rien ne semble jamais vous coûter.
Simone De BeauvoirTry to stay a man amongst men ... There's no other hope for you.
Simone De BeauvoirMen of today seem to feel more acutely than ever the paradox of their condition. They know themselves to be the supreme end to which all action should be subordinated, but the exigencies of action force them to treat one another as instruments or obstacles, as means. The more widespread their mastery of the world, the more they find themselves crushed by uncontrollable forces.
Simone De BeauvoirTo will freedom and to will to disclose being are one and the same choice; hence, freedom takes a positive and constructive step which causes being to pass to existence in a movement which is constantly surpassed.
Simone De BeauvoirIt is doubtless impossible to approach any human problems with a mind free from bias.
Simone De BeauvoirOne is not born a genius, one becomes a genius; and the feminine situation has up to the present rendered this becoming practically impossible.
Simone De BeauvoirOn ne naît pas femme: on le devient.
Simone De BeauvoirSex pleasure in woman, as I have said, is a kind of magic spell; it demands complete abandon; if words or movements oppose the magic of caresses, the spell is broken.
Simone De BeauvoirTo "catch" a husband is an art; to "hold" him is a job.
Simone De BeauvoirThe curse which lies upon marriage is that too often the individuals are joined in their weakness rather than in their strength, each asking from the other instead of finding pleasure in giving. It is even more deceptive to dream of gaining through the child a plenitude, a warmth, a value, which one is unable to create for oneself; the child brings joy only to the woman who is capable of disinterestedly desiring the happiness of another, to one who without being wrapped up in self seeks to transcend her own existence.
Simone De Beauvoir