Simone de Beauvoir

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

“In itself, homosexuality is as limiting as heterosexuality: the ideal should be to be capable of loving a woman or a man; either, a human being, without feeling fear, restraint, or obligation.”

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

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

“One's life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others, by means of love, friendship, indignation and compassion.”

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

“It is old age, rather than death, that is to be contrasted with life. Old age is life's parody, whereas death transforms life into a destiny: in a way it preserves it by giving it the absolute dimension. Death does away with time.”

“Art is an attempt to integrate evil.”