Lesbian existence comprises both the breaking of a taboo and the rejection of a compulsory way of life. It is also a direct or indirect attack on the male right of access to women.

Quote by Adrienne Rich

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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

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

A thinking woman sleeps with monsters.

A thinking woman sleeps with monsters.

A revolutionary poem will not tell you who or when to kill, what and when...

A revolutionary poem will not tell you who or when to kill, what and when...

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

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

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...

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...

I keep coming back to you in my head, but you couldn't know that, and...

I keep coming back to you in my head, but you couldn't know that, and...

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.

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...

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...

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...

False history gets made all day, any day, the truth of the new is never...

False history gets made all day, any day, the truth of the new is never...

The moment of change is the only poem.

The moment of change is the only poem.

Lying is done with words and also with silence.

Lying is done with words and also with silence.

People tell about two lies a day, or at least that is how many they...

People tell about two lies a day, or at least that is how many they...

The liar's punishment is not in the least that he is not believed, but that...

The liar's punishment is not in the least that he is not believed, but that...

To silence another, first be silent yourself

To silence another, first be silent yourself

Love is just a word until someone comes along and gives it meaning.

Love is just a word until someone comes along and gives it meaning.