It was easier for me to think of a world without a creator than of a creator burdened with all the contradictions in the world.
SIMONE DE BEAUVOIRGirls are weighed down by restrictions, boys with demands – two equally harmful disciplines.
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If you point out that they’re walking in shit they scream it’s you that have dirty feet.
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If the feminine issue is so absurd, is because the male’s arrogance made it a discussion.
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That the child is the supreme aim of woman is a statement having precisely the value of an advertising slogan.
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Be loved, be admired, be necessary; be somebody.
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Weakness’ is weakness only in light of the aims man sets for himself, the instruments at his disposal and the laws he imposes.
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A day in which I don’t write leaves a taste of ashes.
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You have never had any confidence in him. And if he has no confidence in himself it is because he sees himself through your eyes.
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Counselling man to treat her as a slave while persuading her that she is a queen.
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I would have to have a bit of heroism and get out of myself. But I love myself so much!
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Modern woman is everywhere permitted to regard her body as capital for exploitation.
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People seem to think that if you keep your head empty you automatically fill your balls.
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Every individual concerned to justify his existence feels that his existence involves an undefined need to transcend himself, to engage in freely chosen projects.
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You said something very true the other day: that for us, nudity begins with the face.
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The word love has by no means the same sense for both sexes, and this is one cause of the serious misunderstandings that divide them.
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I could see no reason for being sad. It´s just that it makes me unhappy not to feel happy.
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