“Whenever the balance of power was unequal, there was a driver and a driven. Power was the lethal vice, the turn-on with evil built into it, because it required a victim to manifest itself. Power implied subject and object. They needed some way to recognize (for everyone to recognize) that everybody was a subject.”
Marge Piercy“Sleeping together is a euphemism for people, but tantamount to marriage with cats.”
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“The pitcher cries for water to carry and a person for work that is real.”
Marge Piercy