English En
  • Deutsche De
  • English En
  • Français Fr
  • Русский Ru

We use cookies to personalise content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyse our traffic. We also share information about your use of our site with our marketing and analytics partners who may combine it with other information you've provided to them or which they've separately collected from you. You also may to see our Privacy Policy. By clicking the OK button below, you accept our cookies.

Authors:

Simone de Beauvoir Quotes

The misfortune is that although everyone must come to [death], each experiences the adventure in solitude. We never left Maman during those last days... and yet we were profoundly separated from her.

Simone de Beauvoir

About author

Related Authors

Topics

Quotes currently Trending

Hillary Clinton quote: "The people of New York took a big chance on me. And I'm well..."
The people of New York took a big chance on me. And I'm well aware of that. Hillary Clinton
Jeffrey Archer quote: "But the thing I felt most strongly about, and put at the end..."
But the thing I felt most strongly about, and put at the end of one of the prison diaries, was education. Jeffrey Archer
There is no doubt that creativity is the most important human resource of all. Without creativity, there would be no progress, and we would be forever repeating the same patterns. Edward de Bono
I have often noticed that nationalism is at its strongest at the periphery. Hitler was Austrian, Bonaparte Corsican. In postwar Greece and Turkey the two most prominent ultra-right nationalists had both been born in Cyprus. The most extreme Irish Republicans are in Belfast and Derry (and Boston and New York). Sun Yat Sen, father of Chinese nationalism, was from Hong Kong. The Serbian extremists Miloevi and Karadi were from Montenegro and their most incendiary Croat counterparts in the Ustashe... Christopher Hitchens
It wouldn't kill you to flirt a little, so I don't remember this assignment as totally sucking. I'm babysitting a guy who thinks he's a leprechaun, and I'm rescuing a has-been horse. The least you could do I grab my ass once in a while. Janet Evanovich
Schroeder, do you think I'm beautiful?"I think you're the most beautiful girl the world has ever known..."You hate me, don't you? Charles M. Schulz
Aaron Sorkin quote: "Toby Zeigler: There's literally no one in the world I don't..."
Toby Zeigler: There's literally no one in the world I don't hate right now. Aaron Sorkin
I am thinking about those things now. More so than all my friends - they're a lot older than me, but they're not even thinking about babies. Billie Piper
Confucius quote: "It is more shameful to distrust our friends than to be..."
It is more shameful to distrust our friends than to be deceived by them. Confucius
Now, but these three," cried Jurgen, "are the glory of Philistia: and of all that Philistia has produced, it is these three alone, whom living ye made least of, that today are honored wherever art is honored, and where nobody bothers one way or the other about Philistia. James Branch Cabell
Roger Michell quote: "Well, I'm English."
Well, I'm English. Roger Michell
Emily Bronte quote: "If I had caused the cloud, it was my duty to make an effort to..."
If I had caused the cloud, it was my duty to make an effort to dispel it. Emily Bronte
Learning to endure, transform by perspective or action, and be grateful is the fast lane to a good life. That's right. Having great luck and fortune is not the conduit to a loving and enjoyable life; gratitude is. Laura Schlessinger
John Bolton quote: "Diplomacy is not an end in itself if it does not advance U.S...."
Diplomacy is not an end in itself if it does not advance U.S. interests. John Bolton
I was a little concerned with how the crew was going to view me because I didn't know whether this program had been kinda forced down their throats. But they were wonderful. Christa McAuliffe