Toril Moi Quotes

women cannot automatically be accused of being in bad faith when they fail to behave as authentically free beings

women’s social, political and historical circumstances are responsible for most—if not all—of their shortcomings,

A novel or a poem or a play, or a theoretical essay for that matter, is an attempt to make others see something that really matters to the writer. In this gesture, there is hope – not certainty – that perhaps others may come to share her vision, without any guarantee that she will be understood. To write is to risk rejection and misunderstanding. To create a work of art, Sartre writes, is to give the world a gift nobody has asked for. But if we don't dare to share with others what we see, the world will be poorer for it.