"Man is a creature of choices, and his choices make him."

"The meaning of life is not to be discovered, but to be created."

"The meaning of life is not to be found in some transcendent realm, but in our concrete existence."

"I am too intelligent, too demanding, too resourceful for anyone to be able to satisfy me sensibly."

"I have always been aware that I am a woman, and that this is a disadvantage."