Since it is the Other within us who is old, it is natural that the revelation of our age should come to us from outside --from others. We do not accept it willingly.
Simone de BeauvoirFor years I thought my work still lay ahead, and now I find it is behind me: there was no moment when it took place.
Simone de BeauvoirThat's what I consider true generosity. You give your all, and yet you always feel as if it costs you nothing.
Simone de BeauvoirA man would never get the notion of writing a book on the peculiar situation of the human male.
Simone de Beauvoir