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“If so few female geniuses are found in history, it is because society denies them any means of expression.”

Philosophy Feminism Simone De Beauvoir The Second Sex

Book:The Second Sex

Source: The Second Sex

“; the man who does not "understand" a woman is happy to replace his subjective deficiency with an objective resistance; instead of admitting his ignorance, he recognizes the presence of a mystery exterior to himself: here is an excuse that flatters his laziness and vanity at the same time.”

Philosophy Feminism Simone De Beauvoir The Second Sex

Book:The Second Sex

Source: The Second Sex

“She was not born, but rather became, Jane Austen.”

Women Born Feminism Birth Myth Afterlife Jane Austen Reception Austen Simone De Beauvoir

Book:The Making of Jane Austen

Source: The Making of Jane Austen

“Essere donna non è un dato naturale, ma il risultato di una storia. Non c'è un destino biologico e psicologico che definisce la donna in quanto tale. Tale destino è la conseguenza della storia della civiltà, e per ogni donna la storia della sua vita.”

Femminismo Simone De Beauvoir

Author:Simone de Beauvoir

“There is no such thing as maternal "instinct": the word does not in any case apply to the human species. The mother's attitude is defined by her total situation and by the way she accepts it.”

Simone De Beauvoir The Mother The Second Sex

Author:Simone de Beauvoir

“Sentiment d'être composée de multiples morceaux de femmes; il y a en moi de la Dalida, Yourcenar, Beauvoir, Colette, etc... même Sand.”

George Sand Simone De Beauvoir Colette Marguerite Yourcenar Dalida

Author:Annie Ernaux

“Sorumlusu olmadığım halde, benim olan, hiçbir zaman da bağışlatamayacağım bir günahın, umutsuzluk içinde, cezasını çekiyordum.”

Bilge Karasu Simone De Beauvoir

Book:A Very Easy Death

Source: A Very Easy Death

“I hadn't known Chancel very well, but ten days earlier I had seen him laughing with the others around the Christmas tree. Maybe Robert was right; the distance between the living and the dead really isn't very great. And yet, like myself, those future corpses who were drinking their coffee in silence appeared ashamed to be so alive.”

Existentialism Simone De Beauvoir Mandarins Anne Dubreuilh

Book:The Mandarins

Source: The Mandarins

“No existe muerte natural: nada de lo que sucede al hombre es natural puesto que su sola presencia cuestiona al mundo. Todos los hombres son mortales: pero para todos los hombres la muerte es un accidente y, aunque la concozca y la acepte, es una violencia indebida.”

Vida Muerte Vida Y Muerte Mortalidad Simone De Beauvoir

Book:A Very Easy Death

Source: A Very Easy Death