I think the obligation of a poet is not to be in an ivory tower; it is not to be isolated but to be among people.

I think that all my books are political, I think that I have a political body of work. I am essentially a political woman, but above all I am a poet. I am a poetess.

I think that if poetry is not a personal act, it's a pamphlet.

I think that one of the tasks of feminist women - mainly women of culture - in our time is to seek out those women who were only forgotten because they were women.

Prizes aren't essential. What is essential is poetry itself, it's what is said, it is clarity, it's loyalty, those are the essential values, the literary values.

Men use women sexually. They use them, mistreat them, even from the point of view of vocabulary, the use of words. It baffles me.

I don't offend anyone, I don't use anyone, I don't exploit anyone.

Saving you was worth losing what we might've had.

Build a House for men and birds.Sit with them and play music.For a day, for just one day, talk about that which disturbs no oneand bring some peace, my friend, into your beautiful eyes.

Freedom and democracy are dreams you never give up.

I'm not sure about anything as far as religion and spirituality go.

Each member of the community gives himself to it at the instant of its constitution, just as he actually is, himself and all his forces, including all goods in his possession.

Thrice happy's the wooing that's not long adoing. So much time is saved in the billing and cooing.

Labor is the only prayer that Nature answers.

Money is kind of a base subject. Like water, food, air and housing, it affects everything yet for some reason the world of academics thinks it's a subject below their social standing.

Mastering an art is like reaching the top of the passion mountain.... at the top the passion dies out! So keep learning.

But, soft! what light through yonder window breaks? It is the east, and Juliet is the sun.