The only book that is worth writing is the one we donโt have the courage or strength to write. The book that hurts us (we who are writing), that makes us tremble, redden, bleed
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 CixousWouldn't the worst be, isn't the worst, in truth, that women aren't castrated, that they have only to stop listening to the Sirens (for the Sirens were men) for history to change its meaning? You only have to look at the Medusa straight on to see her. And she's not deadly. She's beautiful and she's laughing.
Helene Cixous