Simone de Beauvoir Quotes

When I was a child, when I was an adolescent, books saved me from despair: that convinced me that culture was the highest of values.

Simone de Beauvoir

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• When I was a child, when I was an adolescent, books saved me from despair: that convinced me that culture was the highest of values.

  

  Simone de Beauvoir
  • Child
  • Values
  • Despair