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

"A man who is not afraid of the sea will soon be drowned, he said, for he will be going out on a day when he should not. But we do not choose the day for the sea. She chooses it for us."

"I am too intelligent, too demanding, and too resourceful for anyone to be able to take charge of me entirely. No one knows me or loves me completely. I have only myself."

"There is no such thing as a natural woman, because 'woman' is a historical product."

"The greatest danger to freedom is not oppression, but indifference."