"A thinking woman sleeps with monsters." — Adrienne Rich

"A thinking woman sleeps with monsters."

— Adrienne Rich

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142 Quotes by Adrienne Rich

Adrienne Rich has 142 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Each feminist work has tended to be received as if it emerged from nowhere; as if each one of us…
I am a feminist because I feel endangered, psychically and physically, by this society and because I believe that the…
Life on the planet is born of woman.
Courage is not defined by those who fought and did not fall, but by those who fought, fell and rose…
We must use what we have to invent what we desire.
The mind's passion is all for singling out. Obscurity has another tale to tell.
A decade of cutting away dead flesh, cauterizing old scars ripped open over and over and still it is not…
It's as if, in the mother's eyes, her smile, her stroking touch, the child first reads the message:'You are there!'
We who were loved will never unlive that crippling fever.
If we had time and no money, living by our wits, what story would you tell?
Language is power... Language can be used as a means of changing reality.
I believe that words can help us move or keep us paralysed, and that our choices of language and verbal…

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This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes. — Hannah Arendt
There are no dangerous thoughts; thinking itself is dangerous. — Hannah Arendt
Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. — Hannah Arendt
By its very nature the beautiful is isolated from everything else. From beauty no road leads to reality. — Hannah Arendt
To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would… — Hannah Arendt
Action without a name, a who attached to it, is meaningless. — Hannah Arendt
These are the fifties, you know. The disgusting, posturing fifties. — Hannah Arendt
I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth… — Pietro Aretino
Perugia is my true fatherland because there I grew to manhood. — Pietro Aretino
I want to do what I want when I want to do it not be dictated to by audiences. — Dario Argento
I went through a phase where I thought nostalgia was a bad thing. — Dario Argento
In Italy the censor is very old and there are many judges and psychiatrists who analyse you. — Dario Argento

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