In itself, homosexuality is as limiting as heterosexuality: the ideal should be to be capable of loving a woman or a man; either, a human being, without feeling fear, restraint, or obligation.

Quote by Simone De Beauvoir

Topics: Hypocrisy Quotes, Slavery Quotes

To catch a husband is an art; to hold him is a job.

To catch a husband is an art; to hold him is a job.

However gifted an individual is at the outset, if his or her talents cannot be...

However gifted an individual is at the outset, if his or her talents cannot be...

The most mediocre of males feels himself a demigod as compared with women.

The most mediocre of males feels himself a demigod as compared with women.

One is not born a woman, but becomes one.

One is not born a woman, but becomes one.

It is old age, rather than death, that is to be contrasted with life. Old...

It is old age, rather than death, that is to be contrasted with life. Old...

To make oneself an object, to make oneself passive, is a very different thing from...

To make oneself an object, to make oneself passive, is a very different thing from...

Buying is a profound pleasure.

Buying is a profound pleasure.

Society, being codified by man, decrees that woman is inferior; she can do away with...

Society, being codified by man, decrees that woman is inferior; she can do away with...

What is an adult? A child blown up by age.

What is an adult? A child blown up by age.

Defending the truth is not something one does out of a sense of duty or...

Defending the truth is not something one does out of a sense of duty or...

One is not born a woman, one becomes one.

One is not born a woman, one becomes one.

Why one man rather than another? It was odd. You find yourself involved with a...

Why one man rather than another? It was odd. You find yourself involved with a...

It is not in giving life but in risking life that man is raised above...

It is not in giving life but in risking life that man is raised above...

The word love has by no means the same sense for both sexes, and this...

The word love has by no means the same sense for both sexes, and this...

In itself, homosexuality is as limiting as heterosexuality: the ideal should be to be capable...

In itself, homosexuality is as limiting as heterosexuality: the ideal should be to be capable...

I am incapable of conceiving infinity, and yet I do not accept finity.

I am incapable of conceiving infinity, and yet I do not accept finity.

In the face of an obstacle which is impossible to overcome, stubbornness is stupid.

In the face of an obstacle which is impossible to overcome, stubbornness is stupid.

Since it is the Other within us who is old, it is natural that the...

Since it is the Other within us who is old, it is natural that the...

Somewhere in the brain of every prima donna there is a deep craving for security...

Somewhere in the brain of every prima donna there is a deep craving for security...

They that have lived a single day have lived an age.

They that have lived a single day have lived an age.