The way I approached a question, my habit of mind, the way I looked at things, what I took for granted - all this was myself and it did not seem to me that I could alter it.
Simone de BeauvoirThe women of today are in a fair way to dethrone the myth of femininity; they are beginning to affirm their independence in concrete ways; but they do not easily succeed in living completely the life of a human being.
Simone de BeauvoirI could see no reason for being sad. Itยดs just that it makes me unhappy not to feel happy.
Simone de Beauvoir