Adrienne Rich
Adrienne Rich
Adrienne Cecile Richwas an American poet, essayist and radical feminist. She was called "one of the most widely read and influential poets of the second half of the 20th century", and was credited with bringing "the oppression of women and lesbians to the forefront of poetic discourse."...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth16 May 1929
CityBaltimore, MD
CountryUnited States of America
Adrienne Rich quotes about
inspirational motivational feminist
The connections between and among women are the most feared, the most problematic, and the most potentially transforming force on the planet.
teacher mirrors individual-strength
When someone with the authority of a teacher, say, describes the world and you are not in it, there is a moment of psychic disequilibrium, as if you looked into a mirror and saw nothing. Yet you know you exist and others like you, that this is a game with mirrors. It takes some strength of soul--and not just individual strength, but collective understanding--to resist this void, this nonbeing, into which are thrust, and to stand up, demanding to be seen and heard.
heart age world
My heart is moved by all I cannot save: so much has been destroyed I have to cast my lot with those who age after age, perversely, with no extraordinary power, reconstitute the world.
use-it-or-lose-it desire use
We must use what we have to invent what we desire.
strong-women mean independent
Responsibility to yourself means refusing to let others do your thinking, talking, and naming for you; it means learning to respect and use your own brains and instincts; hence, grappling with hard work.
threat invitations
Change is not a threat to your life, but an invitation to live.
inspirational warrior down-and
There must be those among whom we can sit down and weep and still be counted as warriors.
two giving body
Probably there is nothing in human nature more resonant with charges than the flow of energy between two biologically alike bodies, one of which has lain in amniotic bliss inside the other, one of which has labored to give birth to the other. The materials are here for the deepest mutuality and the most painful estrangement.
eyelashes passwords flicker
The password is a flicker of an eyelash.
inspirational-life rich-life planets
Life on the planet is born of woman.
splitting
I choose to love this time for once with all my intelligence -from "Splittings
fake-people memories real
Every journey into the past is complicated by delusions, false memories, false namings of real events.
inspirational believe moving
I believe that words can help us move or keep us paralyzed, and that our choices of language and verbal tone have something - a great deal - to do with how we live our lives.
dream effort vision
To seek visions, to dream dreams, is essential, and it is also essential to try new ways of living, to make room for serious experimentation, to respect the effort even where it fails.