She offered her mouth to him, as if enchanted. A Persian princess, a little Indian, a fox, a morning glory, a lovely wisteria--it always pleased them when you told them they looked like something, like something else.
Simone de BeauvoirI tore myself away from the safe comfort of certainties through my love for truth - and truth rewarded me.
Simone de BeauvoirI never thought of myself as being in the avant-garde. I said what I had to say, as I was able to say it.
Simone de BeauvoirHarmony between two individuals is never granted-it has to be conquered indefinitely.
Simone de Beauvoir