Simone de Beauvoir (1908–1986) French writer, intellectual, existentialist philosopher, political activist, feminist, and social theorist
All Said and Done (1972), p. 16 ISBN 1569249814
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“Comfort” is no test of truth; on the contrary, truth is often far from being “comfortable.”
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