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.
– Muriel Rukeyser
I hear the singing of the lives of women. They clear mystery, the offering, and pride.
– Muriel Rukeyser
In our period, they say there is free speech. They say there is no penalty for poets, There is no penalty for writing poems. They say this. This is the penalty.
– Muriel Rukeyser
Nourish beginnings, let us nourish beginnings. Not all things are blest, but the seeds of all things are blest.The blessing is in the seed.
– Muriel Rukeyser
The universe is made of stories, not of atoms.
– Muriel Rukeyser
The sources of poetry are in the spirit seeking completeness.
– Muriel Rukeyser
If there were no poetry on any day in the world, poetry would be invented that day. For there would be an intolerable hunger.