Muriel Rukeyser Quotes

Dreams are the sources of action the meeting and the end a resting place among the flight of things.

The universe is made up of stories not of atoms.

The universe is made up of stories, not atoms.

We are against war and the sources of war. We are for poetry and the sources of poetry.

Always our wars have been our confessions of weakness

The universe is made of stories, not of atoms.

The universe is made of stories, not atoms!

The fear of poetry is an indication that we are cut off from our own reality.

What would happen if one woman told the truth about her life?The world would split open.

As we live our truths, we will communicate across all barriers, speaking for the sources of peace. Peace that is not lack of war, but fierce and positive.

Exchange is creation.

Not all things are blest but the seeds of all things are blest.

We hear the saints saying: Our brother the world. We hear the revolutionaries: Dare we win?

I hear the singing of the lives of women. The clear mystery the offering the pride.

However confused the scene of our life appears however torn we may be who now do face that scene it can be faced and we can go on to be whole.

breathe in experience breathe out poetry

I think there is a choice possible to us at any moment as long as we live. But there is no sacrifice. There is a choice and the rest falls away. Second choice does not exist. Beware of those who talk about sacrifice.

No one wants to read poetry. You have to make it impossible for them to put the poem down--impossible for them to stop reading it, word after word. You have to keep them from closing the book.

Let us not fear the hidden. Or each other.

The journey is my home.

The universe is made of stories not of atoms.

I hear the singing of the lives of women. The clear mystery, the offering, and the pride.