Simone de Beauvoir
Simone de Beauvoir
Simone Lucie Ernestine Marie Bertrand de Beauvoir; 9 January 1908 – 14 April 1986) was a French writer, intellectual, existentialist philosopher, political activist, feminist and social theorist. Though she did not consider herself a philosopher, she had a significant influence on both feminist existentialism and feminist theory...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth9 January 1908
CountryFrance
gay men heterosexuality-is
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.
effort
Because we are separated everything separates us, even our efforts to join each other.
fighting self guarantees
Self-knowledge is no guarantee of happiness, but it is on the side of happiness and can supply the courage to fight for it.
mind way granted
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.
inspirational insperational generosity
That's what I consider true generosity: You give your all, and yet you always feel as if it costs you nothing.
shopping profound buying
Buying is a profound pleasure.
men law light
Weakness' is weakness only in light of the aims man sets for himself, the instruments at his disposal and the laws he imposes.
men situation sympathetic
The most sympathetic of men never fully comprehend woman's concrete situation.
way planets made
I was made for another planet altogether. I mistook the way.
mean winning men
The characteristic feature of all ethics is to consider human life as a game that can be won or lost and to teach man the means of winning.
men feminist use
But women do not say 'We', except at some congress of feminists or similar formal demonstration; men say 'women', and women use the same word in referring to themselves.
couple together goes-on
A couple who go on living together merely because that was how they began, without any other reason: was that what we were turning into?
strength
Let women be provided with living strength of their own.
Be loved, be admired, be necessary; be somebody.