"How we dwelt in two worlds the daughters……" — Adrienne Rich
"How we dwelt in two worlds the daughters and the mothers in the kingdom of the sons."
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142 Quotes by Adrienne Rich
Adrienne Rich has 142 quotes on this site.
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Each feminist work has tended to be received as if it emerged from nowhere; as if each one of us…
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I am a feminist because I feel endangered, psychically and physically, by this society and because I believe that the…
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Life on the planet is born of woman.
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Courage is not defined by those who fought and did not fall, but by those who fought, fell and rose…
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We must use what we have to invent what we desire.
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The mind's passion is all for singling out. Obscurity has another tale to tell.
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A decade of cutting away dead flesh, cauterizing old scars ripped open over and over and still it is not…
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It's as if, in the mother's eyes, her smile, her stroking touch, the child first reads the message:'You are there!'
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We who were loved will never unlive that crippling fever.
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If we had time and no money, living by our wits, what story would you tell?
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Language is power... Language can be used as a means of changing reality.
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I believe that words can help us move or keep us paralysed, and that our choices of language and verbal…
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More Daughter Quotes
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It is here, my daughters, that love is to be found - not hidden away in corners but in the…
— Teresa of Avila
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Truth is the daughter of time, not of authority.
— Francis Bacon
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A father is always making his baby into a little woman. And when she is a woman he turns her…
— Enid Bagnold
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Well, knowledge is a fine thing, and mother Eve thought so; but she smarted so severely for hers, that most…
— Abigail Adams
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Look, I've got incredible pride for my family. I've absolutely fallen into that cliche of a dad who could just…
— Christian Bale
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A mother's happiness is like a beacon, lighting up the future but reflected also on the past in the guise…
— HonorÈ De Balzac
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I hate being clean-shaven. My daughter gets very upset if I shave and says, 'Bring back the spikes, Dad.'
— Eric Bana
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I wouldn't want my daughters to date a guy like me. I was dangerous around women in my twenties. I'm…
— Antonio Banderas
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There is no friendship, no love, like that of the parent for the child.
— Henry Ward Beecher
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If at any moment of the day I ever think I'm remotely cool at all, which is hardly ever, I…
— Pat Benatar
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Go on daddy-daughter dates and father-and-sons' outings with your children. As a family, go on campouts and picnics, to ball…
— Ezra Taft Benson
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Since the beginning, a woman's first and most important role has been ushering into mortality spirit sons and daughters of…
— Ezra Taft Benson
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