One is not conceived a lady, one turns into one.

The state of emotional intoxication allows one to grasp existence in one's self and in the other, as both subjectivity and passivity. The two partners merge in this ambiguous unity; each one is freed of his own presence and achieves immediate communication with the other.

The American woman's inequality with men is proved by her defiant attitude.

Insects were scurrying about in the shade cast by the grass, and the lawn was a huge monotonous forest of thousands of little green blades, all equal, all alike, hiding the world from each other. Anguished, she thought, "I don't want to be just another blade of grass."

it is true that nothing is gained without something being lost: everyone knows that in fulfilling oneself one necessarily sacrifices some possibilities.

When women act like women, they are accused of being inferior. When women act like human beings, they are accused of behaving like men.

One can not start by saying that our earthly destiny has or has not importance, for it depends upon us to give it importance.