Fathers never have exactly the daughters they want because they invent a notion a them that the daughters have to conform to.
Simone de BeauvoirWeakness' is weakness only in light of the aims man sets for himself, the instruments at his disposal and the laws he imposes.
Simone de BeauvoirTo make oneself an object, to make oneself passive, is a very different thing from being a passive object.
Simone de Beauvoir