Author: Adrienne Rich

Quotes

The moment of change is the only poem.

The moment of change is the only poem.

- Adrienne Rich

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.

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.

- Adrienne Rich

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

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

- Adrienne Rich

Life on the planet is born of woman.

Life on the planet is born of woman.

- Adrienne Rich

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

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

- Adrienne Rich

The repossession by women of our bodies will bring far more essential change to human society than the seizing of the means of production by workers.

The repossession by women of our bodies will bring far more essential change to human society than the seizing of the means of production by workers.

- Adrienne Rich

The connections between and among women are the most feared, the most problematic, and the most potentially transforming force on the planet.

The connections between and among women are the most feared, the most problematic, and the most potentially transforming force on the planet.

- Adrienne Rich

Poetry is above all a concentration of the power of language, which is the power of our ultimate relationship to everything in the universe.

Poetry is above all a concentration of the power of language, which is the power of our ultimate relationship to everything in the universe.

- Adrienne Rich

It's exhilarating to be alive in a time of awakening consciousness; it can also be confusing, disorienting, and painful.

It's exhilarating to be alive in a time of awakening consciousness; it can also be confusing, disorienting, and painful.

- Adrienne Rich

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