One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman. No biological, psychological, or economic fate determines the figure that the human female presents in society; it is civilization as a whole that produces this creature, intermediate between male and eunuch, which is described as feminine.
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 BeauvoirWhen an individual (or a group of individuals) is kept in a situation of inferiority, the fact is that he is inferior.
Simone de BeauvoirSometimes speech is no more than a device for saying nothing - and a neater one than silence.
Simone de Beauvoir