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Quote by Adrienne Rich
Lesbian existence comprises both the breaking of a taboo and the r

Lesbian existence comprises both the breaking of a taboo and the rejection of a compulsory way of life. It is also a direct or indirect attack on the male right of access to women. – Adrienne Rich

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The repossession by women of our bodies will bring far more essential change to human society than the seizing of the means of production by workers. – Adrienne Rich

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Poetry is above all a concentration of the power of language, which is the power of our ultimate relationship to everything in the universe. – Adrienne Rich

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To terrify children with the image of hell… to consider women an inferior creation. Is that good for the world? – Christopher Hitchens

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[W]omen are meant to be loved, not to be understood. – Oscar Wilde, “The Sphinx without a Secret,” 1891

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Emancipation of women has made them lose their mystery. – Grace Kelly

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I find very often that very ugly women have really handsome men and vice versa because they dont have any competition. Sometimes handsome men have avoided me. – Hedy Lamarr

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