A writer is hoisted up onto a pedestal only to scrutinize him more closely and conclude that it was a mistake to put him up there in the first place.
Simone de BeauvoirYou can't address yourself to women by speaking a language which no average woman will understand. In my opinion, it's wrong.
Simone de BeauvoirWhether you think of it as heavenly or as earthly, if you love life immortality is no consolation for death.
Simone de Beauvoir