She would never change, but one day at the touch of a fingertip she would fall to dust.
Simone de BeauvoirOne can not start by saying that our earthly destiny has or has not importance, for it depends upon us to give it importance.
Simone de BeauvoirWhen Goya was 80 he drew an ancient man propped on two sticks, with a great mass of white hair and beard all over his face, and the inscription, "I am still learning."
Simone de Beauvoir