--- title: "10 Simone Beauvoir Quotes by 10 authors" description: "Browse 10 Simone Beauvoir quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Simone Beauvoir sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d5/bruce-jenner-12332_activist_there-was-a-french-activist-and-writer-s_2000287.png" --- > [There was a French activist and writer, Simone de Beauvoir, who said, 'You are not born woman. You become one' ... Words…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-jenner/there-was-a-french-activist-and-writer-simone-de-beauvoir-who-said/) [Bruce Jenner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-jenner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d5/bruce-jenner-12332_activist_there-was-a-french-activist-and-writer-s_2000287.png) > [“But I’ve been reading A Very Easy Death, about Simone de Beauvoir’s mother dying of cancer – it’s just brilliant. It really…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-garner/but-i-ve-been-reading-a-very-easy-death-about-simone-de-beauvoir-s/) [Helen Garner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-garner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/500/helen-garner-12280_death_but-i-ve-been-reading-a-very-easy-death_81253.jpg) > [“For a woman to be taken as seriously as a man she must be three times as effective. Happily, this is not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gale-martin/for-a-woman-to-be-taken-as-seriously-as-a-man-she-must-be-three-times/) Gale Martin [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b8/gale-martin-85369_feminist_for-a-woman-to-be-taken-as-seriously-as_1406761.jpg) > [I am not a great French woman. George Sand, Marguerite Duras and Simone de Beauvoir are great French women.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/juliette-binoche/i-am-not-a-great-french-woman-george-sand-marguerite-duras-and-simone/) [Juliette Binoche](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/juliette-binoche/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/948/juliette-binoche-5042_great_i-am-not-a-great-french-woman-george-san_1198614.jpg) > [“One is not born a woman, one becomes one. —Simone de Beauvoir, A WOMAN’S JOURNAL”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-anderson/one-is-not-born-a-woman-one-becomes-one-simone-de-beauvoir-a-woman-s/) [Joan Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-anderson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/025/joan-anderson-29796_simone-de-beauvoir_one-is-not-born-a-woman-one-becomes-one_202817.png) > [“Life is about more than just maintaining oneself, it is about extending oneself. Otherwise living is only not dying - SIMONE DE…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lin-pardey/life-is-about-more-than-just-maintaining-oneself-it-is-about/) [Lin Pardey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lin-pardey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f22/lin-pardey-58333_death_life-is-about-more-than-just-maintaining_1667215.jpg) > [I fell upon Jenny Saville's work and loved these great big pieces she was painting, celebrating all things flesh and woman, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachael-stirling/i-fell-upon-jenny-saville-s-work-and-loved-these-great-big-pieces-she/) [Rachael Stirling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachael-stirling/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ea/rachael-stirling-10478_artist_i-fell-upon-jenny-saville-s-work-and-lov_3843.jpg) > [ I always remind myself that \[ Jean-Paul\] Sartre and \[Simone\] de Beauvoir didn't have children. And when you don't have children, it… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zadie-smith/i-always-remind-myself-that-jean-paul-sartre-and-simone-de-beauvoir/) [Zadie Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zadie-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c3f/zadie-smith-584_believe_i-always-remind-myself-that-jean-paul-sa_316002.png) > [“Simone de Beauvoir believed adolescence is when girls realize that men have the power and that their only power comes from consenting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-pipher/simone-de-beauvoir-believed-adolescence-is-when-girls-realize-that/) [Mary Pipher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-pipher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/05d/mary-pipher-10060_adolescence_simone-de-beauvoir-believed-adolescence_704512.jpg) > [ “\[ From a New York Times biography from May 27, 2010 entitled Introduction to Simone de Beauvoir's 'The Second Sex' \] Beauvoir… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simone-de-beauvoir/from-a-new-york-times-biography-from-may-27-2010-entitled/) [Simone de Beauvoir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simone-de-beauvoir/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a8/simone-de-beauvoir-407_atheism_from-a-new-york-times-biography-from-may_955735.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/simone-beauvoir/#itemlist", "name": "Simone Beauvoir Quotes", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There was a French activist and writer, Simone de Beauvoir, who said, 'You are not born woman. 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