She alone dares and wishes to know from within, where she, the outcast, has never ceased to hear the resonance of fore language. She lets the other language speak - the language of 1,000 tongues which knows neither enclosure nor death. To life she refuses nothing. Her language does not contain, it carries; it does not hold back; it makes possible.
Helene CixousI do believe in poetry. I believe that there are creatures endowed with the power to put things together and bring them back to life
Helene CixousLove is when you suddenly wake up as a cannibal, and not just any old cannibal, or else wake up destined for devourment.
Helene CixousCensor the body and you censor breath and speech at the same time. Write yourself. Your body must be heard.
Helene Cixous