Quote by Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak

"The subaltern cannot speak."

"The task of the intellectual is to undo the silencing of those deemed unimportant."

"I think it is important to acknowledge that power is not just a negative thing—it's productive."

"Deconstruction cannot be reduced to a methodology or technique."

"The pen is mightier than the sword."

"Literature opens the mind to new worlds"

"The interesting thing about books is that they're made of words."

"Literature captures the essence of what it means to be human."