Quotes About Independence

modern woman is everywhere permitted to regard her body as capital for exploitation.

But the answer is obvious: it is easy to believe one is sovereign when alone, to believe oneself strong when carefully refusing to bear any burden.

Y con la amistad pasa como con el amor físico: para que sea auténtica tiene que ser ante todo libre.

Il y a toujours eu des femmes; elles sont femmes par leur structure physiologique; aussi loin que l'histoire remonte, elles ont toujours été subordinnées à l'homme; leur dépendance n'est pas la conséquence d'un événement ou d'un devenir, elle n'est pas arrivée.

I didn't know the first thing about the people around me, but that didn't matter: I was in a new world; and I had the feelings that at last I had put my finger on the secret of freedom.

El día que una mujer pueda no amar con su debilidad sino con su fuerza, no escapar de sí misma sino encontrarse, no humillarse sino afirmarse, ese día el amor será para ella, como para el hombre, fuente de vida y no un peligro mortal.

insano?lunun mutsuzlu?u tek bir ?eyden geliyor:bir odada oturup kalmay? bilmemekten!

Men's economic privilege, their social value, the prestige of marriage, the usefulness of masculine support—all these encourage women to ardently want to please men. They are on the whole still in a state of serfdom. It follows that woman knows and chooses herself not as she exists for herself but as man defines her. She thus has to be described first as men dream of her since her being-for-men is one of the essential factors of her concrete condition.

Un enfant, c'est un insurgé.

Ženama se ne ra?amo, nego postajemo

the "modern" woman accepts masculine values: she prides herself on thinking, acting, working, and creating on the same basis as males; instead of trying to belittle them, she declares herself their equal.

Mais même au XIX siècle elles étaient souvent obligées de se cacher; elles n'avaient pas même 'une chambre à elles', c'est-à-dire qu'elles ne jouissaient pas de cette indépendance matérielle qui est une des conditions nécessaires de la liberté intérieure.

On s'empresse de les décharger de toute tâche pénible et de tout souci: c'est les délivrer du même coup de toute responsabilité. On espère qu'ainsi dupées, séduites par la facilité de leur condition, elles accepteront le rôle de mère et de ménagére dans lequel on veut les confiner.

Sartre'la kar??laÅŸt???m zaman, her ÅŸeyi kazand???ma inanm??t?m. Onun yan?nda benim kendimi gerçekleÅŸtirmem baÅŸar?s?zl??a uÄŸrayamazd?. Åžimdi kendi kendime ÅŸunu söylüyorum: KurtuluÅŸu bir baÅŸkas?nda görmek, y?k?lman?n en güvenli yoludur

Sclavul care se supune a ales s? se supun?.

En mi juventud se me ha dicho tanto que estaba equivocada, tener razón me ha costado tanto, que rechazo equivocarme

Destiny is not what limits her.

Une femme libre est exactement le contraire d'une femme légère

Et en fait tout homme qui a eu de vraies amours, de vraies révoltes, de vrais désirs, de vraies volontés, sait bien qu'il n'a besoin d'aucune garantie étrangère por être sûr de ses buts; leur certitude vient de son propre élan.

If woman discovers herself as the inessential and never turns into the essential, it is because she does not bring about this transformation herself.

Não se parcela a liberdade: a mulher livre sê-lo-á amiúde contra o homem. Mesmo a Bela Adormecida no bosque pode despertar com desprazer, pode não reconhecer em quem a acorda um Príncipe Encantado, pode não sorrir.

A woman on her own they think they can do anything how despicable people are when you're down they stamp on you. I kick back I keep my end up but a woman alone is spat on.

To 'remake woman', society would have had to have already made her really man's equal.

Many young couples give the impression of perfect equality. But as long as the man has economic responsibility for the couple, it is just an illusion.