“Literary history and the present are dark with silences . . . I have had special need to learn all I could of this over the years, myself so nearly remaining mute and having to let writing die over...”

“The clock talked loud. I threw it away, it scared me what it talked.”

“And when is there time to remember, to sift, to weigh, to estimate, to total?”

“Women have the right to say: this is surface, this falsifies reality, this degrades.”

“There are worse words than cuss words there are words that hurt.”

“There are worse words than cuss words there are words that hurt.”

“When you think you're right, you're most likely wrong.”

“Stand up for what is right even if you're standing alone.”

“If we go to war, it must only be with right on our side.”