Cheryl Wright-watkins

“What would happen if one woman told the truth about her life?
The world would split open.”
― Muriel Rukeyser

“I think there is choice possible at any moment to us, as long as we live. But there is no sacrifice. There is a choice, and the rest falls away. Second choice does not exist. Beware of those who talk about sacrifice”
― Muriel Rukeyser, The Life of Poetry

“They lay silently. She was staring at something across the room. She was making him feel uncomfortable. 'It wouldn't work. It's the attraction of opposites,' he said.

We're not opposites.'

I don't mean just you and me. Women fall in love when they get to know you. Men are just the opposite. When they finally know you they're ready to leave.”
― James Salter

“Always our wars have been our confessions of weakness”
― Muriel Rukeyser, The Life of Poetry