The curse weighing on marriage is that individuals too often join together in their weakness and not in their strength, that each one asks of the other rather than finding pleasure in giving. - Simone de Beauvoir (The Second Sex Quotes)

The curse weighing on marriage is that individuals too often join together in their weakness and not in their strength, that each one asks of the other rather than finding pleasure in giving.

Source:Volume II: Lived Experience, Part Two: Situation, Chapter 6: The Mother
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Simone de Beauvoir - The Second Sex Quotes