Simone to Sartre

Simone de Beauvoir at Sartre's Funeral

When I’m with you, nothing seems terrible to me, not even leaving you. But away from you, the slightest fear is unbearable. I love you passionately — I’m empty and miserable without you. […] I love you, with a touch of tragedy and quite madly.

-Simone de Beauvoir (Letter to Sartre)