The arrogance of some Christians would close heaven to them if, to their misfortune, it existed.
Simone de BeauvoirWomen's mutual understanding comes from the fact that they identify themselves with each other; but for the same reason each is against the others.
Simone de BeauvoirIt is for man to establish the reign of liberty in the midst of the world of the given. To gain the supreme victory, it is necessary, for one thing, that by and through their natural differentiation men and women unequivocally affirm their brotherhood.
Simone de Beauvoir