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
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.
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
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.
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.