"On the evenings when my parents held parties,……" — Simone de Beauvoir

"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 at the grand piano to accompany a lady dressed in a cloud of tulle who played the violin and a cousin who performed on a cello. I would crack between my teeth the candied shell of an artificial fruit, and a burst of light would illuminate my palate with a taste of blackcurrant or pineapple: all the colours, all the lights were mine, the gauzy scarves, the diamonds, the laces; I held the whole party in my mouth."

— Simone de Beauvoir

Accompany Quotes All Quotes Artificial Quotes Between Quotes Between My Teeth Quotes Burst Quotes Candied Quotes Cello Quotes Chandelier Quotes Chandeliers Quotes Cloud Quotes Clouds Quotes Colour Quotes Colours Quotes Cousin Quotes Crack Quotes Crack Between Quotes Cracks Quotes Crystal Quotes Crystal Chandelier Quotes Crystals Quotes Diamond Quotes Diamonds Quotes Drawing Quotes Drawing Room Quotes Dressed Quotes Evening Quotes Evenings Quotes Evenings When Quotes Fruit Quotes Gauzy Quotes Grand Quotes Grand Piano Quotes Held Quotes Her Seat Quotes I Held Quotes Illuminate Quotes Infinity Quotes Lace Quotes Laces Quotes Lady Quotes Lady Dressed Quotes Light Quotes Lights Quotes Mama Quotes Mine Quotes Mirrors Quotes Mouth Quotes Mouths Quotes Multiplied Quotes My Mouth Quotes My Palate Quotes My Parents Quotes My Teeth Quotes Palate Quotes Parent Quotes Parents Quotes Parties Quotes Party Quotes Performed Quotes Piano Quotes Pineapple Quotes Pineapples Quotes Played Quotes Room Quotes Rooms Quotes Scarves Quotes Seat Quotes Shell Quotes Shells Quotes Take Quotes Take Her Quotes Taste Quotes Teeth Quotes Tulle Quotes Violin Quotes Whole Quotes Whole Party Quotes

206 Quotes by Simone de Beauvoir

Simone de Beauvoir has 206 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

See all 206 quotes by Simone de Beauvoir »

More Accompany Quotes

This quote is filed under Accompany Quotes, one of 189 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:

All too often arrogance accompanies strength, and we must never assume that justice is on the side of the strong.… — Theodore Bikel
The leading idea which is present in all our [geological] researches, and which accompanies every fresh observation, the sound of… — George Julius Poulett Scrope
Temptations which accompany the working day will be conquered on the basis of the morning breakthrough to God. Decisions, demanded… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Anyone who has obeyed nature by transmitting a piece of gossip experiences the explosive relief that accompanies the satisfying of… — Primo Levi
Scores do not reveal the most important facts about a wine. The written commentary (tasting notes) that accompanies the ratings… — Robert M. Parker, Jr.
Now came still evening on, and twilight gray Had in her sober livery all things clad; Silence accompany'd; for beast… — John Milton
People who are anxious to bring on war don't know what they are bargaining for; they don't see all the… — Stonewall Jackson
Man at his birth is supple and tender, but in death, he is rigid and hard. Thus, suppleness and tenderness… — Laozi
It was the hour in which objects lose the consistency of shadow that accompanies them during the night and gradually… — Italo Calvino
Nothing quenches the thirst like a wheat beer, or sharpens the appetite like an India pale ale. Nothing goes as… — Michael Jackson
We cannot escape fear. We can only transform it into a companion that accompanies us on all our exciting adventures. — Susan Jeffers
From the explanatory notes that Willson wrote to accompany his symphony, A Symphony of San Francisco,: "Generally speaking, the first… — Meredith Willson

See all 189 Accompany Quotes »