To give space when what one most yearns for is closeness, that is both the great test and great tragedy of love.
Simone de BeauvoirMany things would be changed for Americans if they would only admit that there is ill-luck in this world and that misfortune is not a priori a crime.
Simone de BeauvoirLiterature in France seems to be undergoing a crisis now, and nothing comes immediately to mind.
Simone de BeauvoirPicasso never thought of himself as avant-garde. I just find it a bad way to think of yourself.
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