1. Friendships between men are based on personal views and interests, while friendships between women arise from their shared destiny.
2. "If you live long enough, you'll see that every victory turns into a defeat."3.
Men demand everything from women. When women do so throughout their lives, men suffer from the unbearable burden. 4. "
One is not born, but becomes, a woman .
" — *The Second Sex*
5. "I long to see you, but I know clearly that our meeting will only be meaningful if you also want to see me."
6. "Literature arises when life is in chaos."
7. "It takes a lot of strength, a lot of pride, or a lot of love to believe that human actions have value, to believe that life is better than death." — *All Men Are Mortal*
8. "Ah! If only I were two people," she thought, "one to speak and one to listen, one to live and one to watch. How I know how to love myself! I envy no one." "She closed her handbag. In that minute, thousands of women were wallowing in self-pity."
— Simone de Beauvoir
, *All Men Are Mortal* 12. "Like everyone else, I am half complicit, half victim." — Simone de Beauvoir
13. "I walked toward the door; I couldn't risk my life, I couldn't smile at them, my eyes would never shed tears, my heart would never ignite a fire. A person with nowhere to belong, no past, no future, no present. I want nothing, I am nothing. I walk step by step toward the ends of the earth, and the ends of the earth recede step by step; water droplets spray into the air, time destroys time, my hands are forever empty. A stranger, a dead man. They are people, they are alive. I don't belong to their kind. I have no hope. I stepped out the door." — Simone de Beauvoir, *All Men Are Mortal*
14. But I have no illusions; I can never break through this eternal barrier. Even with microscopes and telescopes, we must see with our own eyes. Things only exist for us when they are measurable and tangible, obediently existing in space and time, alongside other things; even if we land on the moon and dive into the ocean, we are still beings unable to escape the human world. As for the mysterious realities beyond the grasp of our senses: forces, planets, molecules, waves—it is a vast blank—a vast blank left by our ignorance, which we try to cover up with language.
—Simone de Beauvoir, *Man Is Mortal*
15. People often say that women dress to arouse the envy of other women, and this envy is actually a clear sign of success; but this is not the only purpose. Through being envied, admired, or praised, she desires absolute affirmation of her beauty, her elegance, her charm—she displays herself to realize herself. —Simone de Beauvoir, *The Second Sex*
16. I am weary of the days of chastity and melancholy, yet I lack the courage to live a life of depravity.
17. “Oh! I have some historical knowledge, I know what you’re saying. Things built always crumble, I know. From the moment a person is born, they begin their journey towards death, but between birth and death lies life.” — Simone de Beauvoir, *All Men Are Mortal*
18. I build hospitals, people live longer, but ultimately they still die. Now Carmona has two hundred thousand inhabitants, but it’s no happier or kinder than before. There are more people, but each person still experiences their own sorrows and joys alone. When only twenty thousand inhabitants lived within the ancient city walls, Carmona was just as full. — Simone de Beauvoir, *All Men Are Mortal*
19. What is an adult? A child inflated by age. — Simone de Beauvoir
20. “It’s truly sad to think about,” Michelet wrote, “that woman, this relative person, can only live as one member of a couple, and she is often more lonely than the man. He makes many friends and constantly has new encounters. Without a family, she is nothing.” Family is a devastating burden; its entire weight rests on her shoulders. "—Simone de Beauvoir, *The Second Sex*
21. But the situation remains the same: the more beautifully a woman dresses, the more respect she receives; the more she needs to work, the more advantageous her appearance becomes; a beautiful face is a weapon, a flag, a defense, a letter of recommendation." —Simone de Beauvoir, *The Second Sex*
22. Clothing is so important to many women because it allows them to simultaneously reshape the external world and their inner self through illusion. —Simone de Beauvoir, *The Second Sex*
263. The universe is a helpless prisoner. —Simone de Beauvoir, * All Men Are Mortal*
27. Some people work hard to become richer, while others waste their lives in debauchery. Carmona used to be a place of austerity and simplicity; now, every night there are fights in the streets, husbands taking daggers to avenge their raped wives, fathers to avenge their seduced daughters; they have so many children, and in the end, all the children become impoverished. —Simone de Beauvoir
, *Man Is Mortal* 28. I understand them, now I understand them. In their eyes, what is valuable is never what they obtain, but what they do. If they cannot create, they will destroy; but in any case, they will reject everything that exists, otherwise they are not human. Our attempt to build a world for them, to confine them within it, will only incur their hatred. The order, the peace we dream of establishing for them, will become the worst divine punishment. —Simone de Beauvoir, *Man Is Mortal*
29. “There’s nothing more to say,” Foska said. “The sun rises and sets every day. I went into an asylum and came out. Several wars have occurred, followed by peace, and after peace, war. People are born every day, and people die every day.” "——Simonade de Beauvoir, *All Men Are Mortal*"
30. Marriage is the union of two independent individuals, not an agreement, not a retreat, not an escape, not a compensation. A woman who is supported and controlled is not liberated from men simply because she holds a vote! She remains a servant; only labor guarantees her true freedom. Marriage is a sacred union, and any pleasure derived from it should be limited and accompanied by seriousness and solemnity. ——Simonade de Beauvoir
31. The greatest fortune of man is that, whether in adulthood or childhood, he must embark on an extremely arduous path, but it is the most reliable one; the misfortune of woman lies in being surrounded by almost irresistible temptations; she is not required to strive upwards, but only encouraged to slide down to bliss. When she realizes she has been fooled by a mirage, it is too late; her strength has been exhausted in a failed adventure.
32. George Bernard Shaw said that it is easier to bind people than to free them, as long as the binding brings benefit.
33. A glittering mediocrity devoid of ambition and passion, aimless, endlessly repetitive days, slowly sliding towards death, a life without questioning its causes. To preserve and repeat the world unchanged seems neither desirable nor possible.
34. "One is not born, but becomes, a woman; through change one becomes weak, through change one becomes strong." — Simone de Beauvoir
35. I will never subject my life to the will of another.
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