She Came to Stay Quotes

“حين نحترم أحدا ما احتراما عميقا نمتنع عن التسلل إلى خفايا روحه من دون اعترافه هو”
― سيمون دوبوفوار, المدعوة

“ إنني مطمئنة الآن، لأنني واثقة من أنني أينما أتوجه يرافقني باقي العالم، وهذا ما ينقذني من أي شعور بالأسف ”
― سيمون دوبوفوار, المدعوة

“Je crois que je comprends bien comment ca peut te faire. Nous avons essayée de batir notre amour par-delà les instants, mais seuls les instants sont surs. Pour le reste on a besoin de foi; et la foi, est-ce courage ou paresse?”
― Simone de Beauvoir, She Came to Stay

“[...]maintenant je n'ai plus de regrets,parce que les choses qui n'existent pas pour moi,il me semble qu'elles n'existent absolument pas.”
― Simone de Beauvoir, She Came to Stay

“All she had to do was make the simplest of gestures - open her hands and let go her hold. She lifted one hand and moved the fingers of it; they responded, in surprise and obedience, and this obedience of a thousand little unsuspected muscles was in itself a miracle. Why ask for more?”
― Simone de Beauvoir, She Came to Stay

“Have you ever felt in your inmost being, the conscience of others?' again she was trembling, the words were not releasing her. 'It's intolerable you know”
― Simone de Beauvoir, She Came to Stay

“Ya había sentido eso antes, como esta noche, que su ser se disolvía en provecho de seres inaccesibles, pero nunca había visto con una lucidez tan perfecta su propio aniquilamiento.”
― Simone de Beauvoir, She Came to Stay

“Usted vive de tal manera en el instante presente que cualquier porvenir le parece un sueño; de lo que usted duda es del tiempo.”
― Simone de Beauvoir, She Came to Stay

“Time, just give me time,' she thought passionately. 'I, too, will become someone.”
― Simone de Beauvoir, She Came to Stay

“The moment you acknowledge my conscience, you know that I acknowledge one in you, too. That makes all the difference.’
‘Perhaps,’ said Françoise . . . ‘In short, that is friendship. Each renounces individual self-importance. But what if either refuses to renounce it?’
‘In that case, friendship is impossible,’ said Pierre.
Xavière never renounced any part of herself. No matter how high she placed one, even if it amounted to worship, one remained an object to her.”
― Simone de Beauvoir, She Came to Stay