Whether you think of it as heavenly or as earthly, if you love life immortality is no consolation for death.
Simone de BeauvoirTo be oneself, simply oneself, is so amazing and utterly unique an experience that it's hard to convince oneself so singular a thing happens to everybody.
Simone de BeauvoirThere is only one solution if old age is not to be an absurd parody of our former life, and that is to go on pursuing ends that give our existence a meaning.
Simone de Beauvoir