Simone de Beauvoir

The body is not a thing, it is a situation: it is our grasp on the world and our sketch of our project.

To be free is to be responsible.

The tragedy of old age is not that one is old, but that one is no longer young.

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

The present is not a moment, it is an action.

A woman is not born, but made.

The most important task for women is to free themselves from the chains of tradition and men's expectations.

The meaning of life is to be found in the project of becoming oneself.

The world is not a given, it is a project.

The future is open, and it is up to us to create it.

To exist is to be responsible for one's own existence.

The most authentic human existence is one that is constantly in flux, constantly becoming.

The individual is not a fixed entity, but a process of self-creation.

The only way to be truly free is to accept the responsibility of one's own freedom.

Happiness is not a state of being, but a process of becoming.

The meaning of life is to be found in the choices we make.

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

The female is a female only in relation to the male. Otherwise, she is an incomplete human being.

Woman is not a fixed reality, but a becoming.

The truth is that the problem of women is not a problem of women, but a problem of humanity.