More quotes by Simone de Beauvoir

"One's life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others, by means of love, friendship, and compassion"
"I am awfully greedy; I want everything from life. I want to be a woman and to be a man, to have many friends and to have loneliness, to work much and write good books, to travel and enjoy myself, to be selfish and to be unselfish… You see, it is difficult to get all which I want. And then when I do not succeed I get mad with anger."
"One's life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others, by means of love, friendship, and compassion"
"One's life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others, by means of love, friendship, indignation and compassion."
"‎A day in which I don't write leaves a taste of ashes."