Guilt and defensiveness are bricks in a wall against which we all flounder; they serve none of our futures.
The master's tools will never dismantle the master's house.
I have died too many deaths that were not mine.
Part of the lesbian consciousness is an absolute recognition of the erotic within our lives and, taking that a step further, dealing with the erotic not only in sexual terms.
Poetry is not a luxury.
If what we need to dream, to move our spirits most deeply and directly toward and through promise, is discounted as a luxury, then we give up the core -- the fountain -- of our power, our womanness; we give up the future of our worlds. (From "Poetry is Not a Luxury")