697 Quotes by Simone de Beauvoir

Vengeance is pointless, but certain men did not have a place in the world we sought to construct

Vengeance is pointless, but certain men do not have a place in the world we sought to construct

Trudging alone along that black road, sometimes in the teeth of wind and rain, and watching the white distant gleam of convolvulus through the park railings, gave me an exhilarating sensation of adventure.

É completamente estúpido escrever cartas de amor, não pode ser transcrito através de uma simples carta, mas o que fazer quando este horrível oceano nos separa do homem que amamos?

And so, quite unable to fulfil himself in solitude, man is incessantly in danger in his relations with his fellows: his life is a difficult enterprise with success never assured.

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[...].

Certains psychanalystes ont voulu donner des bases scientifiques à ces imaginations: tout le plaisir que la femme tire du coït viendrait de ce qu'elle châtre symboliquement le mâle et s'approprie son sexe. Mais il semble que ces théories elles-mêmes demandent à être psychanalysées et que les médecins qui les inventèrent y aient projeté des terreurs ancestrales.

If I were to share Jaques' existence I would find it hard to hold my own against him, for already I found his nihilism contagious.

It's easy to pay with the blood of others.