697 Quotes by Simone de Beauvoir

Genuine love ought to be founded on the mutual recognition of two liberties; the lovers would then experience themselves both as self and the other; neither would give up transcendence, neither would be mutilated. Together they would manifest values and aims in the world.

Charm is what some have until they begin to believe it.

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

In itself, homosexuality is as limiting as heterosexuality: The ideal should be to be capable of loving a woman or a man; either, a human being, without feeling fear, restraint, or obligation.