Every journey into the past is complicated by delusions, false memories, false namings of real events.

Quote by Adrienne Rich

Topics: Delusion Quotes

The ocean, whose tides respond, like women's menses, to the pull of the moon, the...

The ocean, whose tides respond, like women's menses, to the pull of the moon, the...

I am a feminist because I feel endangered, psychically and physically, by this society and...

I am a feminist because I feel endangered, psychically and physically, by this society and...

The mother's battle for her child with sickness, with poverty, with war, with all the...

The mother's battle for her child with sickness, with poverty, with war, with all the...

Art, whose honesty must work through artifice, cannot avoid cheating truth.

Art, whose honesty must work through artifice, cannot avoid cheating truth.

Pride is a tricky, glorious, double-edged feeling.

Pride is a tricky, glorious, double-edged feeling.

They can rule the world while they can persuade us our pain belongs in some...

They can rule the world while they can persuade us our pain belongs in some...

The mind's passion is all for singling out. Obscurity has another tale to tell.

The mind's passion is all for singling out. Obscurity has another tale to tell.

Poetry is above all a concentration of the power of language, which is the power...

Poetry is above all a concentration of the power of language, which is the power...

In order to live a fully human life we require not only control of our...

In order to live a fully human life we require not only control of our...

We who were loved will never unlive that crippling fever.

We who were loved will never unlive that crippling fever.

It's exhilarating to be alive in a time of awakening consciousness; it can also be...

It's exhilarating to be alive in a time of awakening consciousness; it can also be...

The connections between and among women are the most feared, the most problematic, and the...

The connections between and among women are the most feared, the most problematic, and the...

Lying is done with words and also with silence.

Lying is done with words and also with silence.

It's exhilarating to be alive in a time of awakening consciousness; it can also be...

It's exhilarating to be alive in a time of awakening consciousness; it can also be...

Lesbian existence comprises both the breaking of a taboo and the rejection of a compulsory...

Lesbian existence comprises both the breaking of a taboo and the rejection of a compulsory...

We might possess every technological resource... but if our language is inadequate, our vision remains...

We might possess every technological resource... but if our language is inadequate, our vision remains...

The moment of change is the only poem.

The moment of change is the only poem.

Getting over him sounds great but being in his arms sounds a lot better...

Getting over him sounds great but being in his arms sounds a lot better...

I'm not there yet, but I can definitely feel myself getting over him. Soon...

I'm not there yet, but I can definitely feel myself getting over him. Soon...

The fact that my ex became very unattractive after our breakup aided in the process...

The fact that my ex became very unattractive after our breakup aided in the process...