Adrienne Rich Quotes:
Ocupation: Poet
Life: May 16, 1929 - March 27, 2012
Birthday: May 16
Death: March 27
... people are growing up in the slack flicker of a pale light which lacks the concentrated burn of a candle flame or oil wick or the bulb of a gooseneck desk lamp: a pale, wavering, oblong shimmer, emitting incessant noise, which is to real knowledge or discourse what the manic or weepy protestations of a drunk are to responsible speech. Drunks do have a way of holding an audience, though, and so does the shimmery ill-focused oblong screen.
topic: Growing Up, Real, Flames, Flicker, Real Knowledge, Shimmer
