The word love has by no means the same sense for both sexes, and this is one cause of the serious misunderstandings that divide them

Quote by Simone De Beauvoir

Topics: Love Quotes, Words Quotes

I wish that every human life might be pure transparent freedom.

I wish that every human life might be pure transparent freedom.

Sex pleasure in woman is a kind of magic spell; it demands complete abandon; if...

Sex pleasure in woman is a kind of magic spell; it demands complete abandon; if...

The writer of originality, unless dead, is always shocking, scandalous; novelty disturbs and repels.

The writer of originality, unless dead, is always shocking, scandalous; novelty disturbs and repels.

Defending the truth is not something one does out of a sense of duty or...

Defending the truth is not something one does out of a sense of duty or...

Representation of the world, like the world itself, is the work of men; they describe...

Representation of the world, like the world itself, is the work of men; they describe...

What is an adult? A child blown up by age.

What is an adult? A child blown up by age.

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

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

This has always been a man's world, and none of the reasons that have been...

This has always been a man's world, and none of the reasons that have been...

In the face of an obstacle which is impossible to overcome, stubbornness is stupid.

In the face of an obstacle which is impossible to overcome, stubbornness is stupid.

Society cares for the individual only so far as he is profitable.

Society cares for the individual only so far as he is profitable.

Art is an attempt to integrate evil.

Art is an attempt to integrate evil.

To catch a husband is an art; to hold him is a job.

To catch a husband is an art; to hold him is a job.

In itself, homosexuality is as limiting as heterosexuality: the ideal should be to be capable...

In itself, homosexuality is as limiting as heterosexuality: the ideal should be to be capable...

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

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

All oppression creates a state of war.

All oppression creates a state of war.

One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman.

One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman.

Since it is the Other within us who is old, it is natural that the...

Since it is the Other within us who is old, it is natural that the...

I do wish I could tell you my age but it's impossible. It keeps changing...

I do wish I could tell you my age but it's impossible. It keeps changing...

Tranquility is the old mans milk

Tranquility is the old mans milk

Old age deprives the intelligent man only of qualities useless to wisdom.

Old age deprives the intelligent man only of qualities useless to wisdom.