I went to get a detective story. You have to kill time. But… - Simone de Beauvoir

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I went to get a detective story. You have to kill time. But time will kill me too - and there´s the true, preestablished balance.

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Simone Lucie Ernestine Marie Bertrand de Beauvoir (9 January 1908 – 14 April 1986) was a French author and existentialist philosopher. She is now most famous for her 1949 treatise The Second Sex [Le Deuxième Sexe], a detailed analysis of women's oppression and a foundational tract of contemporary feminism, and her long personal relationship with Jean-Paul Sartre.

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Alternative Names: Simone-Lucie-Ernestine-Marie Bertrand de Beauvoir • Simone Lucie Ernestine Marie Bertrand de Beauvoir • Castor • Le Castor

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I went to get a detective story. You have to kill time. But time will kill me too - and there´s the true, preestablished balance. - Simone de Beauvoir

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