He reflected. 'I know a lot of different kids of people; what I want is to show each of them how the others really are. You hear so many lies! - Simone de Beauvoir

Cooking is revelation and creation; and a woman can find special satisfaction in a successful cake or a flaky pastry, for not every one can do it: one must have the gift.

One afternoon Clairaut came over to me with a book in his hand: “Mademoiselle de Beauvoir,” he began, in an inquisitorial tone, “what do you make of Brochard who is of the opinion that Aristotle’s God would be able to experience sexual pleasure?” Herbaud cast him a disdainful look: “I should hope so, for his sake,” he haughtily replied.

The word love has by no means the same sense for both sexes, and this is one cause of the serious misunderstandings that divide them.