Best Simone de Beauvoir Lines
- Fathers never have exactly the daughters they want because they invent a notion a them that the daughters have to conform to. Conform
- Even if one is neither vain nor self-obsessed, it is so extraordinary to be oneself - exactly oneself and no one else - and so… Exactly
- My worst mistake has been not grasping that time goes by. It was going by and there I was, set in the attitude of the… Attitude
- There is not a single line in this diary that does not call for a correction or a denial...Yes: throughout these pages I meant what… Call
- Tragedies are all right for a while: you are concerned, you are curious, you feel good. And then it gets repetitive, it doesn't advance, it… Advance
- Oppression tries to defend itself by its utility. Defend
- Few tasks are more like the torture of Sisyphus than housework, with its endless repetition: the clean becomes soiled, the soiled is made clean, over… Becomes
- The whole world was nothing but an exile with no hope of a return. Exile
- She would never change, but one day at the touch of a fingertip she would fall to dust. Change
- She was ready to deny the existence of space and time rather than admit that love might not be eternal. Admit
- The past is not a peaceful landscape lying there behind me, a country in which I can stroll wherever I please, and will gradually show… All
- There is only one solution if old age is not to be an absurd parody of our former life, and that is to go on… Absurd
- She was not to look beyond herself for the meaning of her life. Beyond
- 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[...]. Adolescent
- I realized that even if we went on talking till Judgment Day, I would still find the time all too short. All
- On the evenings when my parents held parties, the drawing-room mirrors multiplied to infinity the scintillations of a crystal chandelier. Mama would take her seat… Accompany
- I am incapable of conceiving infinity, and yet I do not accept finity. I want this adventure that is the context of my life to… Accept
- She offered her mouth to him, as if enchanted. A Persian princess, a little Indian, a fox, a morning glory, a lovely wisteria--it always pleased… Always Pleased
- A man attaches himself to woman -- not to enjoy her, but to enjoy himself. Attaches
- Because we are separated everything separates us, even our efforts to join each other. Each
- A life is such a strange object, at one moment translucent, at another utterly opaque, an object I make with my own hands, an object… Breeds
- Women's mutual understanding comes from the fact that they identify themselves with each other; but for the same reason each is against the others. Each
- Regardless of the staggering dimensions of the world about us, the density of our ignorance, the risks of catastrophes to come, and our individual weakness… Absolutely
- Capabilities are clearly manifested only when they have been realized. Been
- I am too intelligent, too demanding, and too resourceful for anyone to be able to take charge of me entirely. No one knows me or… Able
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