Adrienne Rich Quotes:
Ocupation: Poet
Life: May 16, 1929 - March 27, 2012
Birthday: May 16
Death: March 27
When someone with the authority of a teacher, say, describes the world and you are not in it, there is a moment of psychic disequilibrium, as if you looked into a mirror and saw nothing. Yet you know you exist and others like you, that this is a game with mirrors. It takes some strength of soul--and not just individual strength, but collective understanding--to resist this void, this nonbeing, into which are thrust, and to stand up, demanding to be seen and heard.
topic: Teacher, Mirrors, Individual Strength, Disequilibrium
