Rich, Adrienne

"Every act of creation is also an act of defiance against those who would silence us."

"We cannot change what we refuse to see, and we cannot see what we refuse to name."

"The fragments we share become the whole of our understanding."

"A woman alone is not incomplete; she is often the most honest about the truth of her own life."

"When women tell the truth, we are often accused of being angry, bitter, or unreasonable."

"The ghosts of women haunt the spaces we inhabit; we must learn to speak with them."

"Power is not given; it is claimed, and the claiming begins with self-knowledge."

"We teach girls to shrink themselves, and then we wonder why women feel small."

"The love of women for women is the most dangerous and most redemptive force I know."

"In every woman, there is a revolution waiting to be lived."

"We must learn to speak in our own voices before we can speak for others."

"The personal is political, but the political is also deeply, profoundly personal."

"A woman's memory is a rebellious act in a world that would erase her."

"There is no such thing as a neutral position when injustice is the norm."

"We are not born knowing how to be women; we are taught, and we can teach differently."

"The future is not some place we arrive at; it is a place we create through our choices and commitments."

"Language is the only tool we have to close the distance between ourselves and others."

"A woman who refuses to choose between her mind and her body is a woman who is whole."

"We are drowning in information and starving for wisdom; this is the crisis of our time."

"The privilege of living fully is not available to all women equally, and this inequality must be named."

"Every woman who finds her voice encourages another woman to find hers."

"We cannot love what we cannot see, and we cannot see what we refuse to acknowledge."

"The work of women is the work of transformation, of self and world alike."

"A woman's journey toward freedom begins with the simple act of speaking her truth."

"We are bound to one another by our common vulnerability and our common strength."

"The role of the writer is to name the unnamable and to give voice to the silenced."

"We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children, and this is our responsibility."

"In the space between who we are told to be and who we truly are, there is a revolution."

"The most radical act is to be honest about what it means to be alive in a world designed to diminish you."

"A woman's sexuality is not a possession to be guarded but a force to be honored and celebrated."