Death Quote by Lin Pardey

There was a French activist and writer, Simone de Beauvoir, who said, 'You are not born woman. You become one' ... Words I live by.

— Bruce Jenner

“For a woman to be taken as seriously as a man she must be three times as effective. Happily, this is not difficult.--Simone de…

— Gale Martin

I am not a great French woman. George Sand, Marguerite Duras and Simone de Beauvoir are great French women.

— Juliette Binoche

“[ From a New York Times biography from May 27, 2010 entitled Introduction to Simone de Beauvoir's 'The Second Sex' ] Beauvoir herself was…

— Simone de Beauvoir

“Simone de Beauvoir believed adolescence is when girls realize that men have the power and that their only power comes from consenting to become…

— Mary Pipher

“But I’ve been reading A Very Easy Death, about Simone de Beauvoir’s mother dying of cancer – it’s just brilliant. It really helped me.’…

— Helen Garner

“One is not born a woman, one becomes one. —Simone de Beauvoir, A WOMAN’S JOURNAL”

— Joan Anderson

It is by extending oneself, by exercising some capacity previously unused that you come to a better knowledge of your own potential.

— Harold Bloom

To learn about oneself, a living thing, you have to watch, learn anew each minute.

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

To find oneself living in an age of doubt is not such a curse. There is a kind of reverence in undertaking the quest…

— Deepak Chopra

I fell upon Jenny Saville's work and loved these great big pieces she was painting, celebrating all things flesh and woman, and with great…

— Rachael Stirling

I always remind myself that [ Jean-Paul] Sartre and [Simone] de Beauvoir didn't have children. And when you don't have children, it might be…

— Zadie Smith