In 1949, I believed that social progress, the triumph of the proletariat, socialism would lead to the emancipation of women. But I saw that nothing came of it: first of all, that socialism was not achieved anywhere, and that in certain countries which called themselves socialist, the situation of women was no better than it was in so-called capitalist countries.
Simone de BeauvoirThat is what chills your spine when you read an account of a suicide: not the frail corpse hanging from the window bars but what happened inside that heart immediately before.
Simone de BeauvoirA couple who go on living together merely because that was how they began, without any other reason: was that what we were turning into?
Simone de BeauvoirWhat would Prince Charming have for occupation if he had not to awaken the Sleeping beauty?
Simone de BeauvoirNo one is more arrogant toward women, more aggressive or scornful, than the man who is anxious about his virility.
Simone de Beauvoir