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Quotes from All Men are Mortal — Simone de Beauvoir

1908–1986 France

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What has value in their eyes is never what is done for them; it's what they do for themselves.

All Men are Mortal (1946)

He walks in the street, a picture of modesty in his felt hat and his gabardine suit, and all the while he's thinking, "I'm immortal." The world is his, time is his, and I'm nothing but an insect.

All Men are Mortal (1946)

It is impossible to do anything for anyone.

All Men are Mortal (1946)

I'm never afraid. But in my case it's nothing to be proud of.

All Men are Mortal (1946)

In horror, in terror, she accepted the metamorphosis — gnat, foam, ant, until death.

All Men are Mortal (1946)

It was as though some stubborn god spent their time in an immutable and absurd balancing act between life and death, prosperity and poverty.

All Men are Mortal (1946)

There is only one good. And that is to act according to the dictates of one's conscience.

All Men are Mortal (1946)

You're unique like all other women.

All Men are Mortal (1946)

One day I'll be old, dead, forgotten. And at this very moment, while I'm sitting here thinking these things, a man in a dingy hotel room is thinking, "I will always be here."

All Men are Mortal (1946)

When the bells began to sound the hour she let out the first scream.

All Men are Mortal (1946)

I was born in Italy on the 17th May 1279 in a castle in the city of Carmona.

All Men are Mortal (1946)

Time is beginning to flow again.

All Men are Mortal (1946)

That's what I consider true generosity. You give your all, and yet you always feel as if it costs you nothing.

All Men are Mortal (1946)

If you live long enough, you'll see that every victory turns into a defeat.

All Men are Mortal (1946)

If I had amnesia, I'd be almost like other men. Perhaps I'd even be able to love you.

All Men are Mortal (1946)

Try to stay a man amongst men … There's no other hope for you.

All Men are Mortal (1946)

After wars peace, after peace, another war. Every day men are born and others die.

All Men are Mortal (1946)

They were walking side by side, but each was alone.

All Men are Mortal (1946)

For the first time in my life, I took part in a real battle between men. The dead did not come to life again, the vanquished fled in disorder; every thrust of my lance helped save Carmona. That day, I would have died with a smile on my lips, certain of having contributed to a triumphant future for my city.

All Men are Mortal (1946)

Were we really more advanced than the alchemists of Carmona? We had brought to light certain facts that they were not aware of, we had organised them into the right order; but had we advanced even a step nearer to the mysterious heart of the universe?

All Men are Mortal (1946)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Simone de Beauvoir (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.