Ur Simone de Beauvoirs dagbok, översatt till engelska (den ”riktiga”, journals ”Becoming Simone de Beauvoir”, inte memoarerna) Om Jean-Paul Sartre;
Extraordinary influence of Sartre—in the 13 days that I have known this boy, he has made a thorough study of me, predicts me and possesses me. Intellectual need for his presence and am greatly moved by his sympathy. Doubts, distress, exaltation. I want him to force me to really be someone, and I’m afraid. I’m a little girl who’s scared of the rebirth taking place in her. I would abandon myself to this man with absolute confidence. Dominated by something so tender and sensitive . . . (July 21, 1929)
Hon 21, han 24.
Simone var aldrig fri och självständig. Sartre ägde henne från första början till graven.
Fast 8 augusti skrev hon: "I need Sartre; and I love Maheau."
