Quotes by Simone de Beauvoir about Being

6 quotes by Simone de Beauvoir about being

Simone de Beauvoir French writer and essayist

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.

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It's frightening to think that you mark your children merely by being yourself. It seems unfair. You can't assume the responsibility for everything you do -or don't do.

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Man is defined as a human being and a woman as a female -...

Man is defined as a human being and a woman as a female - whenever she behaves as a human being she is said to imitate the male. Simone

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Retirement may be looked upon either as a prolonged...

Retirement may be looked upon either as a prolonged holiday or as a rejection, a being thrown on to the scrap-heap.

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Society, being codified by man, decrees that woman is...

Society, being codified by man, decrees that woman is inferior; she can do away with this inferiority only by destroying the male's superiority.

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To make oneself an object, to make oneself passive, is a...

To make oneself an object, to make oneself passive, is a very different thing from being a passive object.

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