Simone de Beauvoir Quotes About Old Age

Quotes about: Old Age

• 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

  Giving, Age, Goes On

  Simone de Beauvoir (1972). “La vieillesse”

• Society turns away from the aged worker as though he belonged to another species. That is why the whole question is buried in a conspiracy of silence. Old age exposes the failure of our entire civilization.

  Simone de Beauvoir

  Civilization, Silence, Age

  Simone de Beauvoir (1972). “La vieillesse”

• Old age is life's parody.

  Simone de Beauvoir

  Age, Parody, Old Age

  Simone de Beauvoir (1972). “La vieillesse”

• It is old age, rather than death, that is to be contrasted with life. Old age is life's parody, whereas death transforms life into a destiny: in a way it preserves it by giving it the absolute dimension. Death does away with time.

  Simone de Beauvoir

  Death, Time, Destiny

  Simone de Beauvoir (1975). “The Coming of Age”

• Old age is better for women than for men. First of all, they have less far to fall, since their lives are more mediocre than those of most men.

  Simone de Beauvoir

  Fall, Men, Age

• Old age was growing inside me. It kept catching my eye from the depths of the mirror. I was paralyzed sometimes as I saw it making its way toward me so steadily when nothing inside me was ready for it.

  Simone de Beauvoir

  Eye, Mirrors, Age

  Simone de Beauvoir (1977). “Force of circumstance”

• Sign of old age: distress at all leave-takings, all separations. And the sadness of memories, because I'm aware they're condemned to death.

  Simone de Beauvoir

  Memories, Sadness, Age

  Simone de Beauvoir (1977). “Force of Circumstance: Hard times”

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