
Las inseparables by Simone de Beauvoir
Insights from Las inseparables
“I was nothing but a gaze, a mind, a memory.”
Sylvie’s devotion to Andrée feels so heavy. She watches her friend suffer under strict rules and can't change a thing.
“God did not want me to be happy on this earth.”
The way Andrée’s mother uses religion to control her is terrifying. Every natural impulse gets turned into a sin.
Andrée accidentally cutting her foot with an axe just to feel something was a lot. It shows how desperate she was for an escape.
“She was the only one who counted.”
Sylvie realizes her own freedom is a gift her friend never gets. She feels guilty for having a life that Andrée is denied.
- Published
- 2021
- Publisher
- Lumen
- ISBN
- 9788426409478
- Language
- EN
Quotes by Simone de Beauvoir
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