22 Quotes by Monique Wittig

It is quite possible for a work of literature to operate as a war machine upon its epoch.

One only has to read interviews with outstanding women to hear them apologizing.

One is a writer, or one is not.

Remember. Or, failing that, invent.

Not only do we naturalize history, but also consequently we naturalize the social phenomena which express our oppression, making change impossible.

I refuse to pronounce the names of possession and nonpossession.

I feel a near passion for intelligence at grips with itself and not letting go.

The basic agreement between human beings, indeed what makes them human and makes them social, is language.

They say that oppression engenders hate. They are heard on all sides crying hate hate.