Self-knowledge is no guarantee of happiness, but it is on the side of happiness and can supply the courage to fight for it.
Simone de BeauvoirLegislators, priests, philosophers, writers, ans scientists have striven to show that the subordinate position of woman is willed in heaven and advantageous on earth.
Simone de BeauvoirChristianity gave eroticism its savor of sin and legend when it endowed the human female with a soul.
Simone de Beauvoir