Her Quotes
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- "One never sees oneself as an idol. I am Simone de Beauvoir
for others, not for myself."
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- "My death will not bring us together again. This is how
things are. It is in itself splendid that we were able to lives in harmony
for so long."
- - on Sartre’s death and her
own, in Adieux
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- "Live with no time out."
- - All Said and Done, 1974
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- "If you live long enough, you’ll see every victory turns
into a defeat."
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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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- "[The individual] is nothing at first; it is up to him
to make himself good or bad depending upon whether he assumes his freedom
or denies it."
- - Existentialism and
the Wisdom of the Ages