Quotessence
Home / Quotes / Quote by Maggie Nelson

Quote by Maggie Nelson

Work

The Argonauts

Browse quotes and source details for this work. more

Author

Maggie Nelson
Maggie Nelson

Maggie Nelson (b. 1973) is an American poet, essayist, and critic known for her genre-defying works that blend poetry, memoir, theory, and criticism. Her writing explores themes of gender, violence, family, and art. Her acclaimed book 'The Argonauts' won the 2016 National Book Critics Circle Award and became a landmark in queer theory and autobiographical writing. Nelson's unique style combines first-person narrative with philosophical inquiry, challenging traditional literary categories. She has taught at the California Institute of the Arts and the University of Southern California, and currently lives in Los Angeles. more

You May Also Like

“Mother," said little Pearl, "the sunshine does not love you. It runs away and hides itself, because it is afraid of something on your bosom. Now, see! There it is, playing, a good way off. Stand you here, and let me run and catch it. I am but a child. It will not flee from me; for I wear nothing on my bosom yet!" "Nor ever will, my child, I hope," said Hester. "And why not, Mother?" asked Pearl, stopping short, just at the beginning of her race. "Will it not come of its own accord, when I am a woman grown?”

SocietyWomen EmpowermentWomen S RightsFemale Sexuality
Book:The Scarlet Letter
Create image

“Αν με πιάσεις γκόμενα, Μη μου αγοράσεις εσώρουχα. Δεν τα φοράω, με σφίγγουν. Μη μου χαρίσεις βιβλία. Βλέπω τις σκέψεις μου γραμμένες κι από άλλους, απελπίζομαι. Μη με πας να δούμε το ηλιοβασίλεμα. Θα σκέφτομαι πως το βλέπουν, δεν ξέρω πόσα εκατομμύρια κρετίνοι. Γαμημένοι κρετίνοι. Μη με πας έξω για φαγητό. Πίνω, δεν τρώω, θα σε εκθέσω. Μην μου χαρίσεις κοσμήματα. Θα τα πουλήσω και θα τρέξω να αγοράσω μια μικρή κινέζικη ομπρέλα που μέρες τώρα είναι στην βιτρίνα και δεν μπορώ άλλο να την βλέπω να περιμένει. Μη μου χαϊδέψεις τα μαλλιά, μου τα χάιδευε ο μπαμπάς μου. Δεν μπορείς να κάνεις τίποτα γι’ αυτό. Αν με πιάσεις γκόμενα, βάλε μια καρέκλα κουτσή στη γραμμή της λεωφόρου. Και άφησε με εκεί να κάθομαι σε ώρα αιχμής. Μη σταθείς στο πεζοδρόμιο, φύγε, εγώ θα ξέρω πως είσαι εκεί. Να απαιτήσεις αγάπη, γιατί μπορώ. Να μην κρατήσεις τίποτα για σένα. Να τα δώσεις όλα σε εμένα. Γιατί εγώ ξέρω τι είναι για πέταμα και τι είναι χρυσός. Εσύ δεν ξέρεις, είσαι άντρας. Να κλαις. Να ξέρω ότι δεν είσαι πέτρινος όπως όλοι τους. Θέλω λουλούδια. Αγαπώ τα λουλούδια. Κι εκείνα με αγαπούν. Μερικές φορές φυτρώνουν στα μάγουλά μου. Μ’ αρέσει να προχωράω στην άκρη της ταράτσας. Να με πιστεύεις. Κι αν πέσω, έπεσα. Αν με πιάσεις γκόμενα μην σε πείσω πως είμαι δυνατή. Εγώ αυτό θα κάνω. Εσύ μην πειστείς. Τέλος, ο σκοπός είναι να νιώσουμε απόλυτα ευτυχείς. Να μοιάσουμε θεοί. Για κάτι λιγότερο, ας μην μπούμε καθόλου στον κόπο. Tonia Kosmadaki”

LovePoetryPoemFemaleManLove QuoteFemale Sexuality
Author:Tonia Kosmadaki
Create image

“I think that one of the key discoveries during our generation has been man's uncovering of the true nature of female sensuality. Or of females who are truly sensual. The prevailing belief once was, that female sensuality existed for the pleasure of men, or that, we wish to be sensual in order to attract men. I think that men everywhere are slowly beginning to realise that many women enjoy their own sensuality and feel an attraction towards their own bodies by means of their own sensuality. We make love to ourselves all the time with our own heads, our own hearts. Female sensuality is often a character trait rather than a method of finding a mate.”

SensualityFemale EmpowermentFemale SexualityWomens InspirationalWomens EmpowermentFemale Sensuality
Author:C. JoyBell C.
Create image

“Male and female sexuality are very different, we are told, [...] None the less women are instructed to try to develop male sexual responses in order to be the 'ideal lover'. [...] So clearly sexual behaviour is not natural or inevitable. It can be learned where this serves the interests of male-dominant heterosexuality, and is only disconcertingly recalcitrant where such learning might serve women's interests.”

1960sFemale SexualitySexual RevolutionMale Sexuality
Book:Anticlimax: a feminist perspective on the sexual revolution
Create image

“Belief in God puts our life on autopilot. We know that someone up there is watching us and is in control. Losing our faith puts off the autopilot, we have to run it manually, and check if everything is alright for ourselves. No wonder religion has a wide appeal; most of us are lazy and would like a supreme being to be in charge”

GodReligionFaithSpiritualityBeliefReligiousBelieverFaith QuotesFaithfulLazyGoddessFaith In GodSpirituality QuotesGodsFaithfulnessReligious FaithBelief QuotesReligion And PhiloshophyBelief In GodReligion SpiritualityFaith In YourselfBelievingSpirituality Vs ReligionSupreme BeingBelief SystemBeliefs QuotesFear Of GodFaith ReasonAutopilotReligion Vs ScienceFaith Vs ReasonLosing FaithHabyarimana BangambikiLazy QuotesUnbelief Quotes
Book:Pearls Of Eternity
Create image

“That's what I'd tell you if I thought you could be responsible for anything. But normal people don't choose on the basis of consequences, they just play roles. There's a picture in your head of a stern disciplinarian and you do whatever that picture would do, whether or not it makes any sense. A stern disciplinarian would order the students back to their rooms, even if there was a troll roaming the hallways. A stern disciplinarian would order students not to leave the Hall on pain of expulsion. And the little picture of Professor McGonagall that you have in your head can't learn from experience or change herself, so there isn't any point to this conversation. People like you aren't responsible for anything, people like me are, and when we fail there's no one else to blame.”

ChangeRolesAutopilotCorrect Your Mistakes
Author:Eliezer Yudkowsky
Create image