“I will choose what enters me, what becomes flesh of my flesh. Without choice, no politics, no ethics lives. I am not your cornfield, not your uranium mine, not your calf for fattening, not your cow for milking. You may not use me as your factory. Priests and legislators do not hold shares in my womb or my mind. If I give it to you, I want it back. My life is a non-negotiable demand.” IfsWantGivingMindMayUseLife IsChoicesShareMinesDemandEthicsFleshPriestsFactoriesCowsWombLegislatorsUsing MeCalvesUraniumFattening Author:Marge Piercy
“We admire predators - panthers, lions, tigers, even wolves. Maybe to be naturally thoughtful and hesitant to use violence is to be somehow second rate. To be in the middle of the social food chain. Especially if you're a man. This society thinks real men are violent.” IfsThinkingMenRealUseSocialViolenceMiddleRateViolentAdmireChainsThoughtfulLionsTigersPredatorReal MenThis SocietySecond RateFood ChainHesitantPanthers Book:The Longings of Women: A Novel Source: The Longings of Women: A Novel
“I don't think writers change the past any more than other people do, except in so far as we may mine our lives and change things for fictional use.” PeopleThinkingMayUsePastOur LivesMinesLife And Change Author:Marge Piercy
“I think that if you use something from you life in fiction, it metamorphosizes into something strange and different. Afterward it is hard to tell what actually was part of your life and what is part of the story of the fictional character.” IfsThinkingDifferentHardCharacterStoriesUseFictionStrangeFictional Character Author:Marge Piercy
“I don't find that writing about parts of my life had much effect except in some cases to improve my memory. To get into parts of the past I want to recall very vividly, I use a form of directed meditation.” WantWritingUsePastFormMemoriesCasesMeditationEffectsRecalls Author:Marge Piercy
“The will to be totally rational is the will to be made out of glass and steel: and to use others as if they were glass and steel.” IfsMadeUseGlassesRationalSteel Book:Circles on the Water Source: Circles on the Water
