Rich, Adrienne

"We cannot live only on mountains and peaks."

"When we speak we are afraid our words will not be heard or welcomed."

"The conditions of the historical moment shape the artist."

"I believe in the power of the word, but I also believe in silence."

"Oppression is not a relic of the past."

"Every journey begins with a step toward the unknown."

"The personal is the political."

"We need to talk about power and how it circulates."

"Lesbian is the word that tells me I am not alone."

"Time is not a river but a landscape."

"Art is not separate from justice."

"The struggle is not finished until the last voice is heard."

"We live in the first century when we could actually eliminate poverty."

"Language can be a place of resistance."

"The eye of the outsider is valuable."

"We are never as divided as we think."

"Motherhood was not a choice but a condition."

"The past will not be healed by denial."

"We need women poets, and we need them to tell the truth."

"The personal connection is the most powerful connection."

"Fear is the cheapest of all emotions."

"History is not what happened in the past; it is what we make of it."

"The body is not a metaphor for anything."

"We need to imagine a world where women define themselves."

"Silence is complicity in the face of injustice."

"The work of the imagination is the greatest work."

"Love is not an exit from the political."

"We are all immigrants from the past."

"The question is not whether I am good enough but whether I am true."

"Memory is a form of power."