Category Archives: Quotes

Adrienne Rich says no one’s fated or doomed to love anyone…

“No one’s fated or doomed to love anyone. The accidents happen, we’re not heroines, they happen in our lives like car crashes, books that change us, neighborhoods we move into and come to love. Tristan und Isolde is scarcely the … Continue reading

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Adrienne Rich says lying is done with words…

“Lying is done with words, and also with silence.” – Adrienne Rich, Women and Honor: Some Notes on Lying

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Adrienne Rich says an honorable human relationship–that is, one in which two people have the right to use the word “love”…

“An honorable human relationship – that is, one in which two people have the right to use the word “love” – is a process, delicate, violent, often terrifying to both persons involved, a process of refining the truths they can … Continue reading

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Adrienne Rich says I choose to love this time for once…

“I choose to love this time for once with all my intelligence.” – Adrienne Rich, “Splittings”, The Dream of a Common Language

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Rumi says the intelligent person sees with the heart…

“The intelligent person sees with the heart the result from the beginning; the one lacking in knowledge only discovers it at the end.” – Rumi

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Rumi says fall in love in such a way…

“Fall in love in such a way that it frees you from any connecting.” – Rumi

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Rumi says isn’t it time…

“Isn’t it time to turn your heart into a temple of fire?” – Rumi

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