Simone de Beauvoir

One's life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others, by means of love, friendship, read more

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

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

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

One is not born a genius, one becomes a genius.

One is not born a genius, one becomes a genius.

In order for the artist to have a world to express he must first be situated in this world, oppressed read more

In order for the artist to have a world to express he must first be situated in this world, oppressed or oppressing, resigned or rebellious, a man among men.

Few tasks are more like the torture of Sisyphus than housework, with its endless repetition: the clean becomes soiled, the read more

Few tasks are more like the torture of Sisyphus than housework, with its endless repetition: the clean becomes soiled, the soiled is made clean, over and over, day after day.