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> [Not all things are blest, but the seeds of all things are blest.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muriel-rukeyser/not-all-things-are-blest-but-the-seeds-of-all-things-are-blest/)

[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/)

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

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