“Never in your life have you been helpless—under somebody’s heel. You never lived where your enemies held power over you, power to run your life or wipe it out. You can’t understand. That’s how come you stand there feeding me empty slogans!” Luciente bowed her head. “You crit me justly, Connie. Forgive me. I’ll try to see your situation more clearly and make less loud noises in your ears.”
Marge Piercy“Sleeping together is a euphemism for people, but tantamount to marriage with cats.”
Marge Piercy“Never doubt that you can change history. You already have.”
Marge Piercy“My strength and my weakness are twins in the same womb.”
Marge Piercy“A strong woman is a woman determined to do something others are determined not be done.”
Marge Piercy“Work is its own cure. You have to like it better than being loved.”
Marge Piercy“What a richly colored strong warm coat is woven when love is the warp and work is the woof.”
Marge Piercy“Connections are made slowly sometimes they grow underground.”
Marge Piercy“Connections are made slowly sometimes they grow underground.”
Marge Piercy“Live as if you like yourself and it may happen.”
Marge Piercy“The pitcher cries for water to carry and a person for work that is real.”
Marge Piercy