Simone de Beauvoir Quote

The ideal of happiness has always taken material form in the house, whether cottage or castle; it stands for permanence and separation from the world.


The Second Sex (1949)


The ideal of happiness has always taken material form in the house, whether cottage or castle; it stands for permanence and separation from the world.

The ideal of happiness has always taken material form in the house, whether cottage or castle; it stands for permanence and separation from the world.

The ideal of happiness has always taken material form in the house, whether cottage or castle; it stands for permanence and separation from the world.

The ideal of happiness has always taken material form in the house, whether cottage or castle; it stands for permanence and separation from the world.