Quotessence
Home / Books / Off the Reservation: Reflections on Boundary-busting Border-crossing Loose Canons

Off the Reservation: Reflections on Boundary-busting Border-crossing Loose Canons

Book by Paula Gunn Allen · 2 quotes · Ifs, Language, Mean

Filter quotes by topic

AllIfsLanguageMeanSelfWayAcceptanceAcceptedAcknowledgmentAmericaArroganceArtBalancedBelieveBindingConnectedConnectionsCounterpartsCreativeCreativityCritics

Off the Reservation: Reflections on Boundary-busting Border-crossing Loose Canons Quotes

“Some feminist critics debate whether we take our meaning and sense of self from language and in that process become phallocentric ourselves, or if there is a use of language that is, or can be, feminine. Some, like myself, think that language is itself neither male nor female; it is creatively expansive enough to be of use to those who have the wit and art to wrest from it their own significance. Even the dread patriarchs have not found a way to 'own' language any more than they have found a way to 'own' earth (though many seem to believe that both are possible).”

IfsThinkingWayBelieveArtSelfEnoughUseSeemsEarthFoundLanguageProcessFemaleCriticsMalesFeministWitDebateSignificanceFeminineDreadSense Of SelfUse Of Language
Book:Off the Reservation: Reflections on Boundary-busting Border-crossing Loose Canons
Create image

“Truth, acceptance of the truth, is a shattering experience. It shatters the binding shroud of culture trance. It rips apart smugness, arrogance, superiority, and self-importance. It requires acknowledgment of responsibility for the nature and quality of each of our own lives, our own inner lives as well as the life of the world. Truth, inwardly accepted, humbling truth, makes one vulnerable. You can't be right, self-righteous, and truthful at the same time.”

WorldWellsSelfTruthCultureQualityResponsibilityAcceptanceTruth IsImportanceAcceptedVulnerableArroganceRighteousTruthfulSuperiorityRipInner LifeBindingHumblingSelf RighteousTranceAcknowledgmentSelf-importanceShatteringShroudsSmugness
Book:Off the Reservation: Reflections on Boundary-busting Border-crossing Loose Canons
Create image