11 beautiful quotes by Simone de Beauvoir. Click any quote to view, download and share it as an image.
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Simone de Beauvoir
“I am awfully greedy; I want everything from life. I want to be a woman and to be a man, to have many friends and to hav...
“To lose confidence in one’s body is to lose confidence in oneself.”
“Capabilities are clearly manifested only when they have been realized.”
“One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman.”
“One's life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others, by means of love, friendship, and compassio...
“On ne naît pas femme: on le devient.”
“When I was a child, when I was an adolescent, books saved me from despair: that convinced me that culture was the highe...
“Change your life today. Don't gamble on the future, act now, without delay.”
“Why one man rather than another? It was odd. You find yourself involved with a fellow for life just because he was the ...
“What an odd thing a diary is: the things you omit are more important than those you put in.”
“Two separate beings, in different circumstances, face to face in freedom and seeking justification of their existence t...