Simone De Beauvoir quotes
That's what I consider true generosity: You give your all, and yet you always feel as if it costs you nothing. 
In itself, homosexuality is as limiting as heterosexuality: the ideal should be to be capable of loving a woman or a man; either, a human being, without feeling fear, restraint, or obligation. 
I am incapable of conceiving infinity, and yet I do not accept finity. I want this adventure that is the context of my life to go on without end. 
One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman. 
When I was a child, when I was an adolescent, books saved me from despair: that convinced me that culture was the highest of values 
One's life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others, by means of love, friendship, and compassion 
What an odd thing a diary is: the things you omit are more important than those you put in. 
I am too intelligent, too demanding, and too resourceful for anyone to be able to take charge of me entirely. No one knows me or loves me completely. I have only myself