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

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

Art is an attempt to integrate evil.

Art is an attempt to integrate evil.

All oppression creates a state of war.

All oppression creates a state of war.

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...

It is not in giving life but in risking life that man is raised above...

It is not in giving life but in risking life that man is raised above...

One's life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others,...

One's life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others,...

It is old age, rather than death, that is to be contrasted with life. Old...

It is old age, rather than death, that is to be contrasted with life. Old...

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.

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

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

One is not born a woman, one becomes one.

One is not born a woman, one becomes one.

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.

I am incapable of conceiving infinity, and yet I do not accept finity.

I am incapable of conceiving infinity, and yet I do not accept finity.

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...

Buying is a profound pleasure.

Buying is a profound pleasure.

One is not born a woman, but becomes one.

One is not born a woman, but becomes one.

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...