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.
Simone de BeauvoirIf you haven't been happy very young, you can still be happy later on, but it's much harder. You need more luck.
Simone de BeauvoirDefending the truth is not something one does out of a sense of duty or to allay guilt complexes, but is a reward in itself.
Simone de Beauvoir