# Of Woman Born

- Author: [Adrienne Rich](https://www.leafyquotes.com/adrienne-rich.md)
- Quotes: 2
- Book page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/adrienne-rich/of-woman-born

## Quotes

> In the interstices of language lie powerful secrets of the culture. (p249, "Motherhood and Daughterhood")

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> There is nothing revolutionary whatsoever about the control of women's bodies by men. The woman's body is the terrain on which patriarchy is erected. (p55, "The 'Sacred Calling'")

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