There are a lot of lonely and a lot of horny women. - Marge Piercy

In their minds we're not human...They don't hate us because we did something or said something. They make us stand for an evil they invent and then they want to kill it in us. (p255)

Often I imagine in different and better times not have to be political. I can even imagine, when I am at the bottom of a long uphill grade, doing something besides writing novels, although I doubt it. But I never imagine living without poetry.

I've been amazed at the number of unions that tell me how helpful "To be of use" is to them in their organizing work.