vrijdag 10 januari 2014

yesterday's birthday

“One’s life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others, by means of love, friendship, and compassion”
— Simone de Beauvoir


“All oppression creates a state of war. And this is no exception.”
— Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex


9/jan/1908-14/apr/1986
I am too intelligent, too demanding, and too resourceful for anyone to be able to take charge of me entirely. No one knows me or loves me completely. I have only myself.