Quotes by Adrienne Rich

"The connections between and among women are the most feared, the most problematic, and the most potentially transforming force on the planet."

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"The moment of change is the only poem."

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"'Storm Warnings' is a poem about powerlessness - about a force so much greater than our human powers that while it can be measured and even predicted, it is beyond human control. All 'we' can do is create an interior space against the storm, an enclave of self-protection, though the winds of change till penetrate keyholes and 'unsealed apertures.'"

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