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> [If we look long enough and hard enough ... we will begin to see the connections that bind us together, and when we recognize those connections, we will begin to change the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muriel-rukeyser/if-we-look-long-enough-and-hard-enough-we-will-begin-to-see-the/)

[Muriel Rukeyser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muriel-rukeyser/)

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## More by Muriel Rukeyser

> [“In our time, they say there is no penalty for writing poems. They say this. This is the penalty.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muriel-rukeyser/in-our-time-they-say-there-is-no-penalty-for-writing-poems-they-say/)

[Muriel Rukeyser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muriel-rukeyser/)

> [“In all the cities of this year I have longed for the other city.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muriel-rukeyser/in-all-the-cities-of-this-year-i-have-longed-for-the-other-city/)

[Muriel Rukeyser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muriel-rukeyser/)

> [Nourish beginnings, let us nourish beginnings. Not all things are blest, but the seeds of all things are blest. The blessing is in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muriel-rukeyser/nourish-beginnings-let-us-nourish-beginnings-not-all-things-are-blest/)

[Muriel Rukeyser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muriel-rukeyser/)

> [Never to despise in myself what I have been taught to despise. Nor to despise the other. Not to despise the it. To make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muriel-rukeyser/never-to-despise-in-myself-what-i-have-been-taught-to-despise-nor-to/)

[Muriel Rukeyser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muriel-rukeyser/)

> [The statement of ideas in a poem may have to do with logic. More profoundly, it may be identified with the emotional progression of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muriel-rukeyser/the-statement-of-ideas-in-a-poem-may-have-to-do-with-logic-more/)

[Muriel Rukeyser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muriel-rukeyser/)

> [Always our wars have been our confessions of weakness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muriel-rukeyser/always-our-wars-have-been-our-confessions-of-weakness/)

[Muriel Rukeyser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muriel-rukeyser/)

> [Editors have grown timid... a brave advance is almost inevitably followed by quick back-tracking, generally by dilution and debasement of the original intention.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muriel-rukeyser/editors-have-grown-timid-a-brave-advance-is-almost-inevitably/)

[Muriel Rukeyser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muriel-rukeyser/)

> [As we live our truths, we will communicate across all barriers, speaking for the sources of peace. Peace that is not lack of war,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muriel-rukeyser/as-we-live-our-truths-we-will-communicate-across-all-barriers/)

[Muriel Rukeyser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muriel-rukeyser/)

> [the truth of a poem is its form and its content, its music and its meaning are the same.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muriel-rukeyser/the-truth-of-a-poem-is-its-form-and-its-content-its-music-and-its/)

[Muriel Rukeyser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muriel-rukeyser/)

> [However confused the scene of our life appears, however torn we may be who now do face that scene, it can be faced, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muriel-rukeyser/however-confused-the-scene-of-our-life-appears-however-torn-we-may-be/)

[Muriel Rukeyser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muriel-rukeyser/)

> [One writes in order to feel.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muriel-rukeyser/one-writes-in-order-to-feel/)

[Muriel Rukeyser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muriel-rukeyser/)

> [The advertising men made it clear that there were two ways of looking at ideas in a war against fascism. Those of us who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muriel-rukeyser/the-advertising-men-made-it-clear-that-there-were-two-ways-of-looking/)

[Muriel Rukeyser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muriel-rukeyser/)

> [I speak to you. You speak to me. Is that fragile?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muriel-rukeyser/i-speak-to-you-you-speak-to-me-is-that-fragile/)

[Muriel Rukeyser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muriel-rukeyser/)

> [“What three things can never be done? Forget. Keep silent. Stand alone. The hill of glass, the fatal brilliant plain.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muriel-rukeyser/what-three-things-can-never-be-done-forget-keep-silent-stand-alone/)

[Muriel Rukeyser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muriel-rukeyser/)

> [However confused the scene of our life appears, however torn we may be who now do face that scene, and we can go on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muriel-rukeyser/however-confused-the-scene-of-our-life-appears-however-torn-we-may-be-2/)

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