All oppression creates a state of war.

Each of us is responsible for everything and to every human being.

When we abolish the slavery of half of humanity, together with the whole system of hypocrisy it implies, then the "division" of humanity will reveal its genuine significance and the human couple will find its true form.

The whole world was nothing but an exile with no hope of a return.

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.

Self-knowledge is no guarantee of happiness, but it is on the side of happiness and can supply the courage to fight for it.

The torment that so many young women know, bound hand and foot by love and motherhood, without having forgotten their former dreams.