Quote by Rich, Adrienne
"We come to poetry because we need to, because words alone are not enough."
More from Rich, Adrienne
"I came to explore the wreckage of the fourteenth century: mostly, I came because the others came. And yet I had a book in my hand the whole way, trying to transform this itinerary into one I could believe in."
"A piece of living history, a document of the oppressed, a weapon of the revolution."
"When we speak we are afraid our words will not be heard or welcomed. But each time we speak, we build roads between each other."
"The decision to feed the world is the real decision. Food is first a product of the human relationship to the earth."