Beauvoir

Famous quotes containing the word beauvoir:

“Since it is the Other within us who is old, it is natural that the revelation of our age should come to us from outside—from others. We do not accept it willingly.”
—Simone De Beauvoir (1908–1986)

“To make oneself an object, to make oneself passive, is a very different thing from being a passive object.”
—Simone De Beauvoir (1908–1986)

“One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman.”
—Simone De Beauvoir (1908–1986)