Responsibility to yourself means that you don't fall for shallow and easy solutions-it means that you refuse to sell your talents and aspirations short.

When a woman tells the truth she is creating the possibility for more truth around her.

You must write, and read, as if your life depended on it.

A revolutionary poem will not tell you who or when to kill, what and when to burn, or even how to theorize. It reminds you... where and when and how you are living and might live, it is a wick of desire.

Responsibility to yourself means refusing to let others do your thinking, talking, and naming for you; it means learning to respect and use your own brains and instincts; hence, grappling with hard work.

There is no 'the truth,' 'a truth'--truth is not one thing, or even a system. It is an increasing complexity.

I choose to love this time for once with all my intelligence -from "Splittings