No existence can be validly fulfilled if it is limited to itself. Simone de Beauvoir More Quotes by Simone de Beauvoir More Quotes From Simone de Beauvoir Few books are more thrilling than certain confessions, but they must be honest, and the author must have something to confess. Simone de Beauvoir confession honest book The earthly meaning of eternal life was death, and she refused to die. Simone de Beauvoir eternal-life eternal existential The day had been spent in the expectation of these hours, and now they were crumbling away, becoming, in their turn, another period of expectancy...It was a journey without end, leading to an indefinite future, eternally shifting just as she was reaching the present. Simone de Beauvoir crumbling journey expectations The whole world was nothing but an exile with no hope of a return. Simone de Beauvoir no-hope return world The younger and healthier a woman is and the more her new and glossy body seems destined for eternal freshness, the less useful is artifice; but the carnal weakness of this prey that man takes and its ominous deterioration always have to be hidden from him...In any case, the more traits and proportions of a woman seem contrived, the more she delighted the heart of man because she seemed to escape the metamorphosis of natural things. The result is this strange paradox that by desiring to grasp nature, but transfigured, in woman, man destines her to artifice. Simone de Beauvoir weakness heart men Since it is the Other within us who is old, it is natural that the revelation of our age should come to us from outside --from others. We do not accept it willingly. Simone de Beauvoir aging age time The human species is forever in a state of change, forever becoming. Simone de Beauvoir becoming states forever For years I thought my work still lay ahead, and now I find it is behind me: there was no moment when it took place. Simone de Beauvoir moments time years They [Americans] want to believe that Good and Evil can be defined in precise categories, that Good is already, or will be easily achieved. ... if this optimism appears too superficial, they will try to create a kind of anti-God: the U.S.S.R. That is Evil, and it only needs to be annihilated to re-establish the reign of Good. Simone de Beauvoir optimism evil believe I could see no reason for being sad. It´s just that it makes me unhappy not to feel happy. Simone de Beauvoir being-sad unhappy reason Live with no time-out. Simone de Beauvoir inspiration time inspirational I've always been keenly aware of the passing of time. I've always thought that I was old. Even when I was twelve, I thought it was awful to be thirty. I felt that something was lost. At the same time, I was aware of what I could gain, and certain periods of my life have taught me a great deal. But, in spite of everything, I've always been haunted by the passing of time and by the fact that death keeps closing in on us. Simone de Beauvoir twelve awful time For me, the problem of time is linked up with that of death, with the thought that we inevitably draw closer and closer to it, with the horror of decay. Simone de Beauvoir decay problem time In order to be an artist, one must be deeply rooted in the society. Simone de Beauvoir rooted artist order One day I'll be old, dead, forgotten. And at this very moment, while I'm sitting here thinking these things, a man in a dingy hotel room is thinking, "I will always be here." Simone de Beauvoir one-day men thinking I think that The Second Sex will seem an old, dated book, after a while. But nonetheless, a book which will have made its contribution. At least, I hope so. Simone de Beauvoir book sex thinking Women aren't more easily swayed by fascism than men, but I believe that their situation makes them in effect more slavish than men. Simone de Beauvoir fascism men believe Truthfully speaking, women are dangerous, even those who aren't feminists, because there has always been a women's revolt. Only it has usually translated itself into solitary, individualist, disagreeable manifestations - the whole history of the taming of the shrew, the woman-shrew. They weren't shrews without cause. Simone de Beauvoir shrews taming feminist A man is in the right in being a man; it is the woman who is in the wrong. Simone de Beauvoir men Retirement may be looked upon either as a prolonged holiday or as a rejection, a being thrown on to the scrap-heap. Simone de Beauvoir holiday teacher retirement
