24 Quotes & Sayings By Muriel Rukeyser

Born in Dallas, Texas, on May 5, 1910, Muriel Rukeyser was raised in an affluent family. She attended Vassar College, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in English literature. Her first job was as a teacher of English at the University of Colorado. Her first book, The New York School Poets, was published in 1943 Read more

Her second book, This Is My Hat!, came out in 1944. From 1944 to 1947 she taught at the University of California at Berkeley. In 1948 she became an assistant professor of English at Mills College in Oakland, California.

She lectured at the university on poetry and literature for four years. In 1954 she became a professor of English at California State University at Hayward. She continued to write poetry and had more than thirty books published during her lifetime.

The universe is made of stories, not of atoms.
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The universe is made of stories, not of atoms. Muriel Rukeyser
What would happen if one woman told the truth about...
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What would happen if one woman told the truth about her life? The world would split open. Muriel Rukeyser
No one wants to read poetry. You have to make...
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No one wants to read poetry. You have to make it impossible for them to put the poem down--impossible for them to stop reading it, word after word. You have to keep them from closing the book. Muriel Rukeyser
Always our wars have been our confessions of weakness
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Always our wars have been our confessions of weakness Muriel Rukeyser
Breathe in experience breathe out poetry
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Breathe in experience breathe out poetry Muriel Rukeyser
The fear of poetry is an indication that we are...
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The fear of poetry is an indication that we are cut off from our own reality. Muriel Rukeyser
The universe is made up of stories, not atoms.
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The universe is made up of stories, not atoms. Muriel Rukeyser
I hear the singing of the lives of women. The...
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I hear the singing of the lives of women. The clear mystery, the offering, and the pride. Muriel Rukeyser
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As we live our truths, we will communicate across all barriers, speaking for the sources of peace. Peace that is not lack of war, but fierce and positive. Muriel Rukeyser
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We are against war and the sources of war. We are for poetry and the sources of poetry. Muriel Rukeyser
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The universe is made of stories, not atoms! Muriel Rukeyser
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We hear the saints saying: Our brother the world. We hear the revolutionaries: Dare we win? Muriel Rukeyser
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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. Muriel Rukeyser
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Let us not fear the hidden. Or each other. Muriel Rukeyser
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The universe is made up of stories not of atoms. Muriel Rukeyser
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I think there is a choice possible to us at any moment 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
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I hear the singing of the lives of women. The clear mystery the offering the pride. Muriel Rukeyser
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The journey is my home. Muriel Rukeyser
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The universe is made of stories not of atoms. Muriel Rukeyser
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Not all things are blest but the seeds of all things are blest. Muriel Rukeyser
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Dreams are the sources of action the meeting and the end a resting place among the flight of things. Muriel Rukeyser
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Exchange is creation. Muriel Rukeyser
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Breathe-in experience, breathe-out poetry. Muriel Rukeyser