Simone de Beauvoir
"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."
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"Change your life today. Don't gamble on the future, act now, without delay."
"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."
"To catch a husband is an art; to hold him is a job."
"I tore myself away from the safe comfort of certainties through my love for truth - and truth rewarded me."