The point is not for women simply to take power out of men's hands, since that wouldn't change anything about the world. It's a question precisely of destroying that notion of power.

In the old days the worst part of my depression used to be the astonishment it caused me, the scandalized way in which I fought against it. Nowadays, on the other hand, I accept it cheerfully enough, like an old familiar friend.

Be loved, be admired, be necessary; be somebody.

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

If you live long enough, you'll see that every victory turns into a defeat.

As we talked in the half-darkness I assuaged an old unhappiness.

Even if one is neither vain nor self-obsessed, it is so extraordinary to be oneself - exactly oneself and no one else - and so unique, that it seems natural that one should also be unique for someone else.