“Not all things are blest, but the seeds of all things are blest.”
Source: Out of silence: selected poems
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Famous Muriel Rukeyser Quotes
“The sources of poetry are in the spirit seeking completeness.”
Source: Out of silence: selected poems
Source: One Life
“Whatever can happen to anyone can happen to me.”
Source: Out of silence: selected poems
“I hear the singing of the lives of women. They clear mystery, the offering, and pride.”
“The fear of poetry is an indication that we are cut off from our own reality.”
Source: The collected poems of Muriel Rukeyser
Source: Selected poems
“What three things can never be done? / Forget. Keep silent. Stand alone”
Source: Out of silence: selected poems
“I remember mother saying : Inventors are like poets, a trashy lot”
Source: Out of silence: selected poems
“Flight is intolerable contradiction.”
Source: Out of silence: selected poems
“I am working out the vocabulary of my silence.”
Source: Out of silence: selected poems
“My lifetime listens to yours.”
Source: Out of silence: selected poems
“A world is to be fought for, sung, and built: Love must imagine the world.”
Source: Out of silence: selected poems