# Quote — Adrienne Rich, Of Woman Born

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

- Author: [Adrienne Rich](https://www.leafyquotes.com/adrienne-rich.md)
- Book: [Of Woman Born](https://www.leafyquotes.com/adrienne-rich/of-woman-born.md)
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Adrienne_Rich#Of_woman_born:_motherhood_as_experience_and_institution_(1976)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/adrienne-rich/of-woman-born/in-the-interstices

## More from this book

> 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'")

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/adrienne-rich/of-woman-born/there-is-nothing.md)