…counselling man to treat her as a slave while persuading her that she is a queen. — Simone de Beauvoir
Women’s mutual understanding comes from the fact that they identify themselves with — Simone de Beauvoir
I would stand transfixed before the windows of the confectioners’ shops, fascinated — Simone de Beauvoir
History is a great cemetery: men, deeds, ideas are always dying as soon as they are born. — Simone de Beauvoir
It is in great part the anxiety of being a woman that devastates the feminine body. — Simone de Beauvoir
Anger or revolt that does not get into the muscles remains a figment of the imagination. — Simone de Beauvoir
Between women love is contemplative; caresses are intended less to gain possession — Simone de Beauvoir
It is doubtless impossible to approach any human problems with a mind free from bias. — Simone de Beauvoir