波伏娃的英文名言包括:
"One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman." - 這句話表達了她認為性別並非天生而定,而是一種社會建構的過程。
"I am too intelligent, too demanding, and too resourceful for anyone to be able to take charge of me entirely." - 這句話強調了她的自我肯定和自主性,主張女性應該擺脫對他人的依賴,追求獨立和自主權。
"If you want to live your life in a creative way, as an artist, you have to look at yourself objectively." - 這句話強調了自我反思和自我意識的重要性,認為只有通過客觀的觀察和思考,我們才能真正認識自己並找到內心的靈感和激情。
"Change your life today. Don't gamble on the future, act now, without delay." - 鼓勵人們積極主動地改變自己的生活,拋棄拖延和僥倖的態度,及時行動,追求自己的理想和目標。
"To lose confidence in one's body is to lose confidence in oneself." - 這句話強調了身體對於自我認同和自信心的重要性,體現了波伏娃對身體解放的關注。
"I tore myself away from the safe comfort of certainties through my love for truth — and truth rewarded me." - 這句話表達了為了追求真理,她毅然離開了安逸的舒適區,而真理回報了她。
以上名言均體現了波伏娃對女性地位、自我認知、個人自由和社會變革的深刻見解。