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

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

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

I tore myself away from the safe comfort of certainties through my love for truth...

I tore myself away from the safe comfort of certainties through my love for truth...

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.

Society cares for the individual only so far as he is profitable.

Society cares for the individual only so far as he is profitable.

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...

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...

One's life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others,...

One's life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others,...

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.

Life is occupied in both perpetuating itself and in surpassing itself; if all it does...

Life is occupied in both perpetuating itself and in surpassing itself; if all it does...

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...

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.

I wish that every human life might be pure transparent freedom.

I wish that every human life might be pure transparent freedom.

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...

Man is defined as a human being and a woman as a female - whenever...

Man is defined as a human being and a woman as a female - whenever...

All oppression creates a state of war.

All oppression creates a state of war.

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...

One is not born a woman, one becomes one.

One is not born a woman, one becomes one.

One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman.

One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman.

Change your life today. Don't gamble on the future, act now, without delay.

Change your life today. Don't gamble on the future, act now, without delay.

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...