Anyway I know only too well that all life is nothing but a brief reprieve from death. — Simone de Beauvoir
Whatever the country, capitalist or socialist, man was everywhere crushed by technology, — Simone de Beauvoir
Work would be terribly boring if one did not play the game all out, passionately. — Simone de Beauvoir
I was very fond of Lagneau’s phrase: “I have no comfort but in my absolute despair. — Simone de Beauvoir