Sex pleasure in women is a kind of magic spell; it demands complete abandon; if words or movements oppose the magic of caresses, the spell is broken.
Simone de BeauvoirOne's life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others, by means of love, friendship, and compassion
Simone de BeauvoirMots clés friendship love women philosophy
The way I approached a question, my habit of mind, the way I looked at things, what I took for granted - all this was myself and it did not seem to me that I could alter it.
Simone de BeauvoirWhat an odd thing a diary is: the things you omit are more important than those you put in.
Simone de BeauvoirMots clés truth importance diaries omissions
Even if one is neither vain nor self-obsessed, it is so extraordinary to be oneself - exactly oneself and no one else - and so unique, that it seems natural that one should also be unique for someone else.
Simone de BeauvoirThere is not a single line in this diary that does not call for a correction or a denial...Yes: throughout these pages I meant what I was writing and I meant the opposite; reading them again I feel completely lost...I was lying to myself. How I lied to myself!
Simone de BeauvoirThere was once a man who lost his shadow. I forget what happened to him, but it was dreadful. As for me, I've lost my own image. I did not look at it often; but it was there, in the background, just as Maurice had drawn it for me. A straightforward, genuine, "authentic" woman, with out mean-mindedness, uncompromising, but at the same time understanding, indulgent, sensitive, deeply feeling, intensely aware of things and of people, passionately devoted to those she loved and creating happiness for them. A fine life, serene, full, "harmonious." It is dark: I cannot see myself anymore. And what do the others see? Maybe something hideous.
Simone de BeauvoirShe was ready to deny the existence of space and time rather than admit that love might not be eternal.
Simone de BeauvoirShe would never change, but one day at the touch of a fingertip she would fall to dust.
Simone de BeauvoirPeople seem to think that if you keep your head empty you automatically fill your balls.
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