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Adrienne Rich Quotes: If you think you can grasp me, think again: my story flows in more than one direction, a delta springing from the river bed with its five fingers spread.
         

If you think you can grasp me, think again: my story flows in more than one direction, a delta springing from the river bed with its five fingers spread.


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This page presents the quote "If you think you can grasp me, think again: my story flows in more than one direction, a delta springing from the river bed with its five fingers spread.". Author of this quote is Adrienne Rich. This quote is about fingers, delta, spread, rivers, bed, five, thinking, one direction,.