"Writing is a futile attempt to preserve what……" — Marge Piercy
"Writing is a futile attempt to preserve what disappears moment by moment. All that remains of my mother is what I remember and what I have written for and about her. Eventually that is all that will remain of [my husband] and me. Writing sometimes feels frivolous and sometimes sacred, but memory is one of my strongest muses. I serve her with my words. So long as people read, those we love survive however evanescently. As do we writers, saying with our life's work, Remember. Remember us. Remember me."
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Marge Piercy
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60 Quotes by Marge Piercy
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Work is its own cure. You have to like it better than being loved.
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Remember that every son had a mother whose beloved son he was, and every woman had a mother whose beloved…
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It is not sex that gives the pleasure, but the lover.
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Live as if you like yourself, and it may happen.
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If you want to be listened to, you should put in time listening.
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Never doubt that you can change history. You already have.
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