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> [Poetry is a lousy form of activism; it doesn't really change much. And maybe we can point to one or two historical times when a poem has started a revolution or a rebellion or an uprising, but it doesn't happen…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daphne-gottlieb/poetry-is-a-lousy-form-of-activism-it-doesn-t-really-change-much-and/)

[Daphne Gottlieb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daphne-gottlieb/)

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## More by Daphne Gottlieb

> [Poetry is a lousy form of activism; it doesn't really change much. And maybe we can point to one or two historical times when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daphne-gottlieb/poetry-is-a-lousy-form-of-activism-it-doesn-t-really-change-much-and/)

[Daphne Gottlieb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daphne-gottlieb/)

> [“ I KNEW IT WAS OVER when tonight you couldn't make the phone ring when you used to make the sun rise when trees…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daphne-gottlieb/i-knew-it-was-over-when-tonight-you-couldn-t-make-the-phone-ring-when/)

[Daphne Gottlieb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daphne-gottlieb/)

> [Love - at least the pair-bonded, prescribed love - does not conquer all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daphne-gottlieb/love-at-least-the-pair-bonded-prescribed-love-does-not-conquer-all/)

[Daphne Gottlieb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daphne-gottlieb/)

> [“This week in live current events: your eyes. All power can be dangerous: Direct or alternating, you, socket to me. Plugged in and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daphne-gottlieb/this-week-in-live-current-events-your-eyes-all-power-can-be-dangerous/)

[Daphne Gottlieb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daphne-gottlieb/)

> [I go through periods of not writing. Until there's something I can't find in the world that I need, so I write.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daphne-gottlieb/i-go-through-periods-of-not-writing-until-there-s-something-i-can-t/)

[Daphne Gottlieb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daphne-gottlieb/)

> [There is nothing going on. I took nothing you wanted. You can't have it back.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daphne-gottlieb/there-is-nothing-going-on-i-took-nothing-you-wanted-you-can-t-have-it/)

[Daphne Gottlieb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daphne-gottlieb/)

> [I'm entranced by the idea of reading the culture back to itself, because I'm conscious that we as people and also as a culture…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daphne-gottlieb/i-m-entranced-by-the-idea-of-reading-the-culture-back-to-itself/)

[Daphne Gottlieb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daphne-gottlieb/)

> [“Fuck yr heroes, I'm saving myself.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daphne-gottlieb/fuck-yr-heroes-i-m-saving-myself/)

[Daphne Gottlieb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daphne-gottlieb/)

> [I go in and out of season. I won't write for months, and then all of a sudden, I'll write like I've got a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daphne-gottlieb/i-go-in-and-out-of-season-i-won-t-write-for-months-and-then-all-of-a/)

[Daphne Gottlieb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daphne-gottlieb/)

> [you can take this mouth this wound you want but you can't kiss and make it better.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daphne-gottlieb/you-can-take-this-mouth-this-wound-you-want-but-you-can-t-kiss-and/)

[Daphne Gottlieb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daphne-gottlieb/)

> [“As she bends for a Kleenex in the dark, I am thinking of other girls: the girl I loved who fell in love with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daphne-gottlieb/as-she-bends-for-a-kleenex-in-the-dark-i-am-thinking-of-other-girls/)

[Daphne Gottlieb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daphne-gottlieb/)

> [Someone Should Write Me a Love Poem but I'm Stuck Doing It Myself](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daphne-gottlieb/someone-should-write-me-a-love-poem-but-i-m-stuck-doing-it-myself/)

[Daphne Gottlieb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daphne-gottlieb/)

> [I write to make sense of things that dont make sense to me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daphne-gottlieb/i-write-to-make-sense-of-things-that-dont-make-sense-to-me/)

[Daphne Gottlieb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daphne-gottlieb/)

> [I think that I have less conviction than ever that poetry matters - that poetry changes or saves anything or anyone. But, in fact,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daphne-gottlieb/i-think-that-i-have-less-conviction-than-ever-that-poetry-matters/)

[Daphne Gottlieb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daphne-gottlieb/)

> [I think that hope is the act of continuing in the face of the truth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daphne-gottlieb/i-think-that-hope-is-the-act-of-continuing-in-the-face-of-the-truth/)

[Daphne Gottlieb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daphne-gottlieb/)

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