Simone Jantzen

“You cannot find peace by avoiding life.”
― Michael Cunningham, The Hours

“Feminism is the radical notion that women are human beings.”
― Cheris Kramarae

“We don't read and write poetry because it's cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion. So medicine, law, business, engineering... these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love... these are what we stay alive for.”
― Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass

“Writing is like sex. First you do it for love, then you do it for your friends, and then you do it for money.”
― Virginia Woolf