Michael Malak

“If you live long enough, you'll see that every victory turns into a defeat.”
― Simone de Beauvoir

“There is only one solution if old age is not to be an absurd parody of our former life, and that is to go on pursuing ends that give our existence a meaning.”
― Simone de Beauvoir

“My worst mistake has been not grasping that time goes by. It was going by and there I was, set in the attitude of the ideal wife of an ideal husband. Instead of bringing our sexual relationship to life again I brooded happily over memories of our former nights together.”
― Simone de Beauvoir, The Woman Destroyed

“Capabilities are clearly manifested only when they have been realized.”
― Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex