Women have been burnt as witches simply because they were beautiful.

I think that The Second Sex will seem an old, dated book, after a while. But nonetheless, a book which will have made its contribution. At least, I hope so.

I take on a shape and an existence only if I first throw myself into the world by loving, by doing.

A man attaches himself to woman -- not to enjoy her, but to enjoy himself.

Hegel held that the two sexes were of necessity different, the one being active and the other passive, and of course the female would be the passive one.

People seem to think that if you keep your head empty you automatically fill your balls.

That's what I consider true generosity. You give your all, and yet you always feel as if it costs you nothing.