Muriel Rukeyser Quotes

breathe in experience breathe out poetry

The universe is made up of stories, not atoms.

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

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

The universe is made of stories, not atoms!

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

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.

The universe is made up of stories not of atoms.

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

The universe is made of stories not of atoms.

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

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