Eating, sleeping, cleaning - the years no longer rise up toward heaven, they lie spread out ahead, gray and identical. The battle against dust and dirt is never won. Washing, ironing, sweeping, ferreting out rolls of lint from under wardrobes - all this halting of decay is also the denial of life; for time simultaneously creates and destroys, and only its negative aspect concerns the housekeeper.
Simone de BeauvoirIf women really did have complete equality with men, society would be completely overturned.
Simone de BeauvoirIt is in the knowledge of the genuine conditions of our lives that we must draw our strength to live and our reasons for living.
Simone de BeauvoirWe must not confuse the present with the past. With regard to the past, no further action is possible.
Simone de Beauvoir