There is no savor more sweet, more salt than to be glad to be what, woman, and who, myself, I am.
Denise LevertovOne of the obligations of the writer is to say or sing all that he or she can, to deal with as much of the world as becomes possible to him or her in language.
Denise LevertovIt's when we face for a moment the worst our kind can do, and shudder to know the taint in our own selves, that awe cracks the mind's shell and enters the heart.
Denise Levertov