Adrienne Rich Quotes About Purpose

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  • As her sons have seen her: the mother in patriarchy: controlling, erotic, castrating, heart-suffering, guilt-ridden, and guilt-provoking; a marble brow, a huge breast, an avid cave; between her legs snakes, swamp-grass, or teeth; on her lap a helpless infant or a martyred son. She exists for one purpose: to bear and nourish the son.

    Mother   Heart   Son  
  • The words are purposes./The words are maps./I came to see the damage that was done/and the treasures that prevail.

    "Diving into the Wreck" l. 51 (1973)
  • Even where love has run thin the child's soul musters strength... the rush of purpose to make a life worth living past abandonment building the layers up again over the torn hole.

    Adrienne Rich (1993). “Your Native Land, Your Life”, p.44, W. W. Norton & Company
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