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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 mothers battle for her child with sickness, with poverty, with war, with all the forces of exploitation and callousness that cheapen human life needs to become a common human battle, waged in love and in the passion for survival. – Adrienne Rich

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Genteel women suppose that those things do not really exist about which it is impossible to talk in polite company. – Friedrich Nietzsche

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It has been very erotic and provocative for people to wonder about my feelings for women. – Catherine Deneuve

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