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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It is not in giving life but in risking life that man is raised above...

It is not in giving life but in risking life that man is raised above...

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's life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others,...

One's life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others,...

What is an adult? A child blown up by age.

What is an adult? A child blown up by age.

Few tasks are more like the torture of Sisyphus than housework, with its endless repetition:...

Few tasks are more like the torture of Sisyphus than housework, with its endless repetition:...

Sex pleasure in woman is a kind of magic spell; it demands complete abandon; if...

Sex pleasure in woman is a kind of magic spell; it demands complete abandon; if...

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.

Why one man rather than another? It was odd. You find yourself involved with a...

Why one man rather than another? It was odd. You find yourself involved with a...

Since it is the Other within us who is old, it is natural that the...

Since it is the Other within us who is old, it is natural that the...

It is easier to think of the world without a creator than of a creator...

It is easier to think of the world without a creator than of a creator...

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...

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...

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 wish that every human life might be pure transparent freedom.

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

All the idols made by man, however terrifying they may be, are in point of...

All the idols made by man, however terrifying they may be, are in point of...

Retirement may be looked upon either as a prolonged holiday or as a rejection, a...

Retirement may be looked upon either as a prolonged holiday or as a rejection, a...

I hate housework! You make the beds, you do the dishes and six months later...

I hate housework! You make the beds, you do the dishes and six months later...

If family violence teaches children that might makes right at home, how will we hope...

If family violence teaches children that might makes right at home, how will we hope...

The cruel irony of housework: people only notice when you don't do it.

The cruel irony of housework: people only notice when you don't do it.