"Lesbian existence comprises both the breaking of a taboo and the rejection of a compulsory way of life. It is also a direct or indirect attack on the male right of access to women."
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"Poetry is above all a concentration of the power of language, which is the power of our ultimate relationship to everything in the universe.“
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"I write poetry in order to live more fully."
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