The Straight Mind: And Other Essays
A source page for quotes linked to Monique Wittig.
“I feel a near passion for intelligence at grips with itself and not letting go.”
“The dictionary is, however, only a rough draft.”
“Language casts sheaves of reality upon the social body, stamping it and violently shaping it.”
“The bearers of fables are very welcome.”
“They say that oppression engenders hate. They are heard on all sides crying hate hate.”
“I refuse to pronounce the names of possession and nonpossession.”
“It is quite possible for a work of literature to operate as a war machine upon its epoch.”
“... I am with fire between my teeth and still nothing but my blank page.”
“Remember. Or, failing that, invent.”
“The category of sex is the political category that founds society as heterosexual.”