On the day when it will be possible for woman to love not in her weakness but in her strength, not to escape herself but to find herself, not to abase herself but to assert herself--on that day love will become for her, as for man, a source of life and not of mortal danger.

You can't assume the responsibility for everything you do or don't do.

One's life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others, by means of love, friendship, indignation and compassion.

I am incapable of conceiving infinity, and yet I do not accept finity.

We must not confuse the present with the past. With regard to the past, no further action is possible.

I would stand transfixed before the windows of the confectioners' shops, fascinated by the luminous sparkle of candied fruits, the cloudy lustre of jellies, the kaleidoscope inflorescence of acidulated fruit drops - red, green, orange, violet: I coveted the colours themselves as much as the pleasure they promised me.

Man is defined as a human being and a woman as a female - whenever she behaves as a human being she is said to imitate the male.