“Men define intelligence, men define usefulness, men tell us what is beautiful, men even tell us what is womanly”

“Women are the true maintenance class. Society is built upon their acquiescence and upon their small and necessary labours.”

“No black woman writer in this culture can write "too much". Indeed, no woman writer can write "too much"...No woman has ever written enough.”

“When you reduce a woman to writing, she makes you think of a thousand other women”

“I would venture to guess that Anon, who wrote so many poems without signing them, was often a woman.”