He, She and It Quotes

“Every artist creates with open eyes what she sees in her dream.”
― Marge Piercy, He, She and It

“I require a hierarchy of priorities after protecting Shira and Malkah and the small felines.”
― Marge Piercy, He, She and It: A Novel

“What we are forbidden to know can be—or seem—what we most need to know.”
― Marge Piercy, He, She and It: A Novel

“Yod, the ability to see visions is one of those human talents that flourishes when rewarded by a society and withers in most of us when punished by society. That is, whether the ability to see the hand of ha-Shem writing on the wall secures you pleasant notice for your religious and prophetic acumen, or whether it gets you locked up in the local nut bin, will determine how many people in a society form the habit of seeing what other people are wont to think is not really there.”
― Marge Piercy, He, She and It: A Novel

“We all of us go about, she meant to tell him but was too occupied, wanting to be wanted but unsure why anybody should bother.”
― Marge Piercy, He, She and It

“Baby, tonight you're the reason I have lips.”
― Marge Piercy, He, She and It