I tore myself away from the safe comfort of certainties through my love for truth ? and truth rewarded me.
—Simone de Beauvoir
To catch a husband is an art; to hold him is a job.
—Simone de Beauvoir
Topics: Jobs, Marriage
In the face of an obstacle which is impossible to overcome, stubbornness is stupid.
—Simone de Beauvoir
It is in the knowledge of the genuine conditions of our lives that we must draw our strength to live and our reasons for living.
—Simone de Beauvoir
The curse which lies upon marriage is that too often the individuals are joined in their weakness rather than in their strength-each asking from the other instead of finding pleasure in giving.
—Simone de Beauvoir
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