The writer of originality, unless dead, is always shocking, scandalous; novelty disturbs and repels.

Quote by Simone De Beauvoir

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This has always been a man's world, and none of the reasons that have been...

This has always been a man's world, and none of the reasons that have been...

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

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

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...

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...

Representation of the world, like the world itself, is the work of men; they describe...

Representation of the world, like the world itself, is the work of men; they describe...

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.

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...

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...

Art is an attempt to integrate evil.

Art is an attempt to integrate evil.

No one is more arrogant toward women, more aggressive or scornful, than the man who...

No one is more arrogant toward women, more aggressive or scornful, than the man who...

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

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

One is not born a woman, but becomes one.

One is not born a woman, but becomes one.

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...

One is not born a woman, one becomes one.

One is not born a woman, one becomes one.

All oppression creates a state of war.

All oppression creates a state of war.

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

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

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

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

All the idols made by man, however terrifying they may be, are in point of...

All the idols made by man, however terrifying they may be, are in point of...

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...

When an individual is kept in a situation of inferiority, the fact is that he...

When an individual is kept in a situation of inferiority, the fact is that he...