“I lived in the first century of world wars. Most mornings I would be more or less insane.”
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Famous Muriel Rukeyser Quotes
Source: Out of silence: selected poems
“I will try to be non-violent one more day this morning, waking the world away in the violent day.”
Source: Out of silence: selected poems
“The world is not made of molecules, the world is made of stories.”
“What would happen if one woman told the truth about her life? The world would split open.”
“A world is to be fought for, sung, and built: Love must imagine the world.”
Source: Out of silence: selected poems
