Adrienne Rich Quotes About Purpose

Quotes about: Purpose

• The words are purposes./The words are maps./I came to see the damage that was done/and the treasures that prevail.

  Adrienne Rich

  Damage, Purpose, Done

  "Diving into the Wreck" l. 51 (1973)

• As her sons have seen her: the mother in patriarchy: controlling, erotic, castrating, heart-suffering, guilt-ridden, and guilt-provoking; a marble brow, a huge breast, an avid cave; between her legs snakes, swamp-grass, or teeth; on her lap a helpless infant or a martyred son. She exists for one purpose: to bear and nourish the son.

  Adrienne Rich

  Mother, Heart, Son

• Even where love has run thin the child's soul musters strength... the rush of purpose to make a life worth living past abandonment building the layers up again over the torn hole.

  Adrienne Rich

  Running, Children, Past

  Adrienne Rich (1993). “Your Native Land, Your Life”, p.44, W. W. Norton & Company

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