gloria anzaldua

“ The act of writing is the act of making soul, alchemy. ”

“ Living in a state of psychic unrest, in a Borderland, is what makes poets write and artists create. ”

“ Who is to say that robbing a people of its language is less violent than war? ”

“ A woman who writes has power, and a woman with power is feared. ”

“ Its not a comfortable territory to live in, this place of contradictions. ”

“ Being a writer feels very much like being a Chicana, or being queer a lot of squirming, coming up against all sorts of walls. ”

“ These my two hands ”

“ I will have my serpent's tongue - my woman's voice, my sexual voice, my poet's voice. I will overcome the tradition of silence. ”

“ Write with your eyes like painters, with your ears like musicians, with your feet like dancers. ”

“ Though we tremble before uncertain futures, may we meet illness, death and adversity with strength, may we dance in the face of our fears. ”