“Sex pleasure in woman … 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 Beauvoir
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“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. It is even more deceptive to dream of gaining through the child a plenitude, a warmth, a value, which one is unable to create for oneself; the child brings joy only to the woman who is capable of disinterestedly desiring the happiness of another, to one who without being wrapped up in self seeks to transcend her own existence.”
Simone De Beauvoir
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“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.”
Simone De Beauvoir
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“What is an adult? A child blown up by age.”
Simone De Beauvoir
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“Change your life today. Don’t gamble on the future, act now, without delay.”
Simone De Beauvoir
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“Society cares for the individual only so far as he is profitable.”
Simone De Beauvoir
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“Buying is a profound pleasure.”
Simone De Beauvoir
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“All oppression creates a state of war.”
Simone De Beauvoir
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“To catch a husband is an art; to hold him is a job.”
Simone De Beauvoir
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“One is not born a genius, one becomes a genius.”
Simone De Beauvoir
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“When an individual is kept in a situation of inferiority, the fact is that he does become inferior.”
Simone De Beauvoir
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“The most mediocre of males feels himself a demigod as compared with women.”
Simone De Beauvoir
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