Anyway I know only too well that all life is nothing but a brief reprieve from death.
Simone de BeauvoirChoice springs from the totality of the person. Thus, to study, to analyze what a person is, does not eliminate the idea of freedom.
Simone de BeauvoirThe torment that so many young women know, bound hand and foot by love and motherhood, without having forgotten their former dreams.
Simone de BeauvoirThe knight departing for new adventures offends his lady, yet she has nothing but contempt for him if he remains at her feet.
Simone de Beauvoir