"I wish that every human being should be a master, a master of himself, a master of his own destiny, a master of his own life."

"Self-consciousness is not a matter of being aware of oneself, but of being aware of oneself as a being-in-the-world."

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

"I am awfully greedy; I want everything from life. I want to be a woman and to be a man, to have many friends and to have loneliness, to work much and write good books, to travel and enjoy myself, to b…"

"There is no such thing as a natural woman. Woman is a social construction."