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Simone de Beauvoir
(1908-1986) French novelist and essayist.
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Change quotesChange your life today. Don't gamble on the future, act now, without delay.
Guilt quotesDefending the truth is not something one does out of a sense of duty or to allay guilt complexes, but is a reward in itself.
Adulthood quotesWhat is an adult? A child blown up by age.
Husbands quotesTo catch a husband is an art; to hold him is a job.
Parents quotesIt's frightening to think that you mark your children merely by being yourself. It seems unfair. You can't assume the responsibility for everything you do --or don't do.
Oppression quotesAll oppression creates a state of war.
Equality quotesThe most mediocre of males feels himself a demigod as compared with women.
Marriage quotesThe 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.
Service quotesOne's life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others, by means of love, friendship, indignation and compassion.
Acceptance quotesTo make oneself an object, to make oneself passive, is a very different thing from being a passive object.
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