Simone de Beauvoir Quotes:
Ocupation: Writer
Life: January 9, 1908 - April 14, 1986
Birthday: January 9
Death: April 14
it is only on posters and in advertisement pages that Americans have those chubby cheeks, expanding smiles, smooth looks, and faces flushed with well-being. In fact, almost all are at odds with themselves; drink offers a remedy for this inner malady of which boredom is the most usual sign: as drinking is accepted by society, it does not appear as a sign of their [Americans'] inability to adapt themselves; it is rather the adapted form of inadaptability.
topic: Drinking, Odds, Boredom, Chubby Cheeks
