A Quote by Simone de Beauvoir

--There you are. The sight of the changing world is miraculous and heartbreaking, both at the same time. --But so it is for me too. The heartbreaking side of growing old is not in the things around one but in oneself.

Simone de Beauvoir

Quote Topics

Around Both Changing Growing Growing Old Heartbreaking Me Miraculous Old Oneself Same Same Time Side Sight Things Time Too World

Quote Author

Simone de Beauvoir
French - Writer
January 9, 1908 - April 14, 1986

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