“No one is more arrogant toward women, more aggressive or scornful, than the man who is anxious about his virility.”
― The Second Sex
― The Second Sex
“She would never change, but one day at the touch of a fingertip she would fall to dust.”
― The Mandarins
― The Mandarins
“All oppression creates a state of war. And this is no exception.”
― The Second Sex
― The Second Sex
“The body is not a thing, it is a situation: it is our grasp on the world and our sketch of our project”
― The Second Sex
― The Second Sex
“Even if one is neither vain nor self-obsessed, it is so extraordinary to be oneself - exactly oneself and no one else - and so unique, that it seems natural that one should also be unique for someone else.”
― The Woman Destroyed
― The Woman Destroyed
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