physical love draws its strength and dignity from the joy lovers give each other and take in the reciprocal consciousness of their freedom
 Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex (1949). copy citation

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Author Simone de Beauvoir
Source The Second Sex
Topic freedom strength
Date 1949
Language English
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Note Translated by Constance Borde and 
Sheila Malovany Chevallier
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