The Ethics of Ambiguity

Simone de Beauvoir

“The artist … must first will freedom within himself and universally; he must try to conquer it.”

Simone de Beauvoir on the artist’s task to liberate the present from the past:

All Said and Done

Simone de Beauvoir

“My life … runs back through time and space to the very beginnings of the world and to its utmost limits. In my being I sum up the earthly inheritance and the state of the world at this moment.”

Simone de Beauvoir on chance, choice, and how we become who we are – magnificent read:

Witness to My Life: The Letters of Jean-Paul Sartre to Simone De Beauvoir, 1926-1939

Jean-Paul Sartre

“I am mastering my love for you and turning it inwards as a constituent element of myself.”

Inside history’s greatest philosophy power couple: Sartre’s stirring love letters to Simone de Beauvoir

Hell Hath No Fury: Women’s Letters from the End of the Affair

Anna Holmes

“I just love as much as I did when I landed into your disappointed arms, that means with my whole self and all my dirty heart; I cannot do less.” ~ Simone de Beauvoir