“ A strong woman is a woman determined to do something others are determined not be done. Marge Piercy
“ The real writer is one who really writes. Talent is an invention like phlogiston after the fact of fire. Work is its own cure. You have to like it better than being loved. Marge Piercy
“ Troubles cured you salty as a country ham smoky to the taste thick-skinned and tender inside. Marge Piercy
“ Where do dreams come from?...they slink out of books, they lurk in the stacks of libraries. Out of pages turned they rise like the scent of peonies and infect the brain with their promises. Marge Piercy
“ The will to be totally rational is the will to be made out of glass and steel: and to use others as if they were glass and steel. Marge Piercy
“ A new idea is rarely born like Venus attended by graces. More commonly it's modeled of baling wire and acne. More commonly it wheezes and tips over. Marge Piercy
“ To Have Without Holding:Learning to love differently is hard,love with the hands wide open, lovewith the doors banging on their hinges,the cupboard unlocked, the windroaring and whimpering in the room… Marge Piercy
“ An new idea is rarely born like Venus attended by graces. More commonly it's modeled of baling wire and acne. More commonly it wheezes and tips over. Marge Piercy
“ What a richly colored strong warm coat is woven when love is the warp and work is the woof. Marge Piercy
“ If I die this instant will you be more content with the morning news? Will your coffee taste better? I am not your fate. I am not your government…I am not your mother, not your father or your nightmar… Marge Piercy
