697 Quotes by Simone de Beauvoir

That's what I consider true generosity. You give your all, and yet you always feel as if it costs you nothing.

In order for the artist to have a world to express he must first be situated in this world, oppressed or oppressing, resigned or rebellious, a man among men.

Cooking is revolution and creation.

One is not born a woman: one becomes one.

I tore myself away from the safe comfort of certainties through my love for the truth; and truth rewarded me.

The 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.

One is not born a genius, one becomes a genius.

One is not born a woman; one becomes one.

He was living like an engineer in a mechanical world. No wonder he had become dry as a stone.