When a woman tells the truth she is creating the possibility for more truth around her.

Quote by Adrienne Rich

Life on the planet is born of woman.

Life on the planet is born of woman.

The repossession by women of our bodies will bring far more essential change to human...

The repossession by women of our bodies will bring far more essential change to human...

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...

A thinking woman sleeps with monsters.

A thinking woman sleeps with monsters.

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

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

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...

Lying is done with words and also with silence.

Lying is done with words and also with silence.

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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 assume that politicians are without honor. We read their statements trying to crack the...

We assume that politicians are without honor. We read their statements trying to crack 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...

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...

We who were loved will never unlive that crippling fever.

We who were loved will never unlive that crippling fever.

There is an important difference between love and friendship. While the former delights in extremes...

There is an important difference between love and friendship. While the former delights in extremes...

Love is the enchanted dawn of every heart.

Love is the enchanted dawn of every heart.

We often speak of love when we really should be speaking of the drive to...

We often speak of love when we really should be speaking of the drive to...

The feeling of love is the same feeling that you get when you stare into...

The feeling of love is the same feeling that you get when you stare into...