Harmony between two individuals is never granted-it has to be conquered indefinitely.
Simone de BeauvoirEven if one is neither vain nor self-obsessed, it is so extraordinary to be oneself - exactly oneself and no one else - and so unique, that it seems natural that one should also be unique for someone else.
Simone de BeauvoirLiterature in France seems to be undergoing a crisis now, and nothing comes immediately to mind.
Simone de BeauvoirAnger or revolt that does not get into the muscles remains a figment of the imagination.
Simone de BeauvoirIn 1949, I believed that social progress, the triumph of the proletariat, socialism would lead to the emancipation of women. But I saw that nothing came of it: first of all, that socialism was not achieved anywhere, and that in certain countries which called themselves socialist, the situation of women was no better than it was in so-called capitalist countries.
Simone de Beauvoir