Rich, Adrienne

"We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men."

"The will to change is a profound spiritual thing."

"Women have been the guardians of the true culture."

"Love is not a sentiment. It is an ultimate reality."

"Anger and tenderness: the powerful combination—what women have to offer."

"Each time we use our voice, we transform the world."

"The drive to connect. The dream of a common language."

"We must learn to recognize the difference between a sense of duty and a sense of self."

"Time is a resource we are finally learning to understand."

"The eye of the beholder constructs the world."

"We cannot settle for invisible victories."

"True lesbians desire is not itself revolutionary but represents a freedom of choice."

"Thinking is an erotic act."

"The silence of women has never been a sign of consent."

"Art is not meant to be an ornament or a luxury."

"A love affair with knowledge will sustain us through any darkness."

"We cannot live safely without identifying ourselves according to what we have most feared."

"Patriarchy depends on our unconsciousness."

"Language creates reality. Words have power."

"The woman poet in her aloneness is a figure of power."

"Vision begins with refusing to accept things as they have always been."

"We are the only species that thinks about thinking."

"Heterosexuality is not a 'preference' but a political institution."

"I am a stranger learning to inhabit this skin."

"Our strategy is not one of simple retaliation or return."

"The universe of what is possible is far richer than the conventional one."

"Only justice heals the scar."

"There is no liberation that only knows how to say 'No.'"

"We are all accountable for what happens within the sphere of our power."

"True change takes time and continuous effort."