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Simone de Beauvoir Quotes

Simone de Beauvoir quotes

French Writer January 9, 1908 – April 14, 1986

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He reflected. 'I know a lot of different kids of people; what I want is to show each of them how the others really are. You hear so many lies! Simone de Beauvoir
Simone de Beauvoir quote: "Art is an attempt to integrate evil."
Art is an attempt to integrate evil. Simone de Beauvoir
I should like this sky, this quiet water, to think themselves within me, that it might be I whom they express in flesh and bone, and I remain at a distance. But it is also by this distance that the sky and the water exist before me. Simone de Beauvoir
We went back to the Ritz bar and Scriassine ordered two whiskies. I liked the taste; it was something different. And as for Scriassine, he, too, had the advantage of beinh new to me. The whole evening had been been unexpected, and it seemed to emit an ancient frangrance of youth. Long ago there had been nights that were unlike others; you would meet unknown people who would say unexpected thing. And, occasionally, something would happen. So many things had happened in the last five years - to... Simone de Beauvoir
All the idols made by man, however terrifying they may be, are in point of fact subordinate to him, and that is why he will always have it in his power to destroy them. Simone de Beauvoir
I think that where you go wrong is that you imagine that your reasons for living ought to fall on you, ready-made from heaven, whereas we have to find them for ourselves. Simone de Beauvoir
Simone de Beauvoir quote: "That's what I consider true generosity: You give your all, and..."
That's what I consider true generosity: You give your all, and yet you always feel as if it costs you nothing. Simone de Beauvoir
When I was a child, when I was an adolescent, books saved me from despair: that convinced me that culture was the highest of values[...]. Simone de Beauvoir
A couple who go on living together merely because that was how they began, without any other reason: was that what we were turning into? Simone de Beauvoir
Simone de Beauvoir quote: "The whole world was nothing but an exile with no hope of a..."
The whole world was nothing but an exile with no hope of a return. Simone de Beauvoir
Simone de Beauvoir quote: "Retirement may be looked upon either as a prolonged holiday or..."
Retirement may be looked upon either as a prolonged holiday or as a rejection, a being thrown on to the scrap-heap. Simone de Beauvoir
Insects were scurrying about in the shade cast by the grass, and the lawn was a huge monotonous forest of thousands of little green blades, all equal, all alike, hiding the world from each other. Anguished, she thought, "I don't want to be just another blade of grass. Simone de Beauvoir
As long as there have been men and they have lived, they have all felt this tragic ambiguity of their condition, but as long as there have been philosophers and they have thought, most of them have tried to mask it. Simone de Beauvoir
Every individual concerned to justify his existence feels that his existence involves an undefined need to transcend himself, to engage in freely chosen projects. pg. xxxiii Simone de Beauvoir
Simone de Beauvoir quote: "To lose confidence in one’s body is to lose confidence in..."
To lose confidence in one’s body is to lose confidence in oneself. Simone de Beauvoir

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