BEAUVOIR, SIMONE DE : It's not a very big step from contentment to complacency. (Simone de Beauvoir, French writer, intellectual, political activist, and feminist, 1908-1986)

BEAUVOIR, SIMONE DE : In the face of an obstacle which is impossible to overcome, stubbornness is stupid. (Simone de Beauvoir, French writer, intellectual, political activist, and feminist, 1908-1986)

BEAUVOIR, SIMONE DE : You give your all and yet you always feel as if it costs you nothing. (Simone de Beauvoir, French writer, intellectual, political activist, and feminist, 1908-1986)