“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

Conclusion, p. 539
The Coming of Age (1970)

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