Simone Beauvoir
Simone Beauvoir
Simone Lucie Ernestine Marie Bertrand de Beauvoir; 9 January 1908 – 14 April 1986) was a French writer, intellectual, existentialist philosopher, political activist, feminist and social theorist. Though she did not consider herself a philosopher, she had a significant influence on both feminist existentialism and feminist theory...
Simone Beauvoir quotes about
becomes born french-writer men-and-women
One is not born a woman, one becomes one.
becomes born french-writer genius
One is not born a genius, one becomes a genius.
creator easier loaded
It is easier to think of the world without a creator than of a creator loaded with all the contradictions of the world.
oppression origin patience preserved qualities
Patience is one of those "feminine" qualities which have their origin in our oppression but should be preserved after our liberation.
difference distance felt staggering whereas
As I see it, there is not much difference between being sixty-three and fifty-three: whereas when I was fifty-three I felt at a staggering distance from forty-three