Retirement may be looked upon either as a prolonged holiday or as a rejection, a being thrown on to the scrap-heap.

Quote by Simone De Beauvoir

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Life is occupied in both perpetuating itself and in surpassing itself; if all it does...

Life is occupied in both perpetuating itself and in surpassing itself; if all it does...

I wish that every human life might be pure transparent freedom.

I wish that every human life might be pure transparent freedom.

Art is an attempt to integrate evil.

Art is an attempt to integrate evil.

If you live long enough, you'll see that every victory turns into a defeat.

If you live long enough, you'll see that every victory turns into a defeat.

In itself, homosexuality is as limiting as heterosexuality: the ideal should be to be capable...

In itself, homosexuality is as limiting as heterosexuality: the ideal should be to be capable...

This has always been a man's world, and none of the reasons that have been...

This has always been a man's world, and none of the reasons that have been...

The writer of originality, unless dead, is always shocking, scandalous; novelty disturbs and repels.

The writer of originality, unless dead, is always shocking, scandalous; novelty disturbs and repels.

One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman.

One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman.

Representation of the world, like the world itself, is the work of men; they describe...

Representation of the world, like the world itself, is the work of men; they describe...

Change your life today. Don't gamble on the future, act now, without delay.

Change your life today. Don't gamble on the future, act now, without delay.

To catch a husband is an art; to hold him is a job.

To catch a husband is an art; to hold him is a job.

Society, being codified by man, decrees that woman is inferior; she can do away with...

Society, being codified by man, decrees that woman is inferior; she can do away with...

No one is more arrogant toward women, more aggressive or scornful, than the man who...

No one is more arrogant toward women, more aggressive or scornful, than the man who...

All oppression creates a state of war.

All oppression creates a state of war.

I tore myself away from the safe comfort of certainties through my love for truth...

I tore myself away from the safe comfort of certainties through my love for truth...

I am incapable of conceiving infinity, and yet I do not accept finity.

I am incapable of conceiving infinity, and yet I do not accept finity.

The word love has by no means the same sense for both sexes, and this...

The word love has by no means the same sense for both sexes, and this...

I love him but he dosen't see that we can be in love for real.

I love him but he dosen't see that we can be in love for real.

But love's a malady without a cure.

But love's a malady without a cure.

Love is not blind - it sees more, not less. But because it sees more,...

Love is not blind - it sees more, not less. But because it sees more,...

One of the hardest things in life is having words in your heart that you...

One of the hardest things in life is having words in your heart that you...