Since it is the Other within us who is old, it is natural that the revelation of our age should come to us from outside -- from others. We do not accept it willingly.
Source: The Coming of Age, pt. 2, ch. 5 (1970; tr. 1972).
-- Simone de Beauvoir, (Jan 9 1908-1986), French writer; She was noted for her attack on the inferior role of women in The Second Sex, 1949.