Share & Save
Meaning
Not documented yet.
When It Was Said
Not documented yet.
Who It Was Said To
Not documented yet.
Historical Context
Not documented yet.
Source
Not documented yet.
Original Language & Translation
Originally said in English.
Did They Really Say It?
Not documented yet.
Did You Know?
Not documented yet.
About Rebecca Solnit
American writer and activist
Rebecca Solnit is an American writer and activist. She writes about feminism, the environment, politics, place, and art. Her work ranges across essays and commentary on public life, with recurring attention to how people move through the world and how ideas shape it. She is also known for writing on land, landscape, and culture, bringing together personal observation and social critique.
More from Rebecca Solnit (189 quotes) →More quotes by Rebecca Solnit
- “Alone in the car with my social life all before and behind me, I was suspended in the beautiful solitude of t…”Rebecca Solnit
- “Pain serves a purpose. Without it you are in danger. What you cannot feel you cannot take care of.”Rebecca Solnit
- “Earlier 18th-century literary language was not supple enough to connect the life of the imagination to that o…”Rebecca Solnit
- “Having the right to show up and speak are basic to survival, to dignity, and to liberty.”Rebecca Solnit
Forests: more sayings
- “Old-growth forests met no needs. They simply were, in a way that bore no questions about purpose or value. Th…”Steve Olson
- “A nation that destroys its soils destroys itself. Forests are the lungs of our land, purifying the air and gi…”Franklin D. Roosevelt
- “If you love a tree you will be more beautiful than before!”Amit Ray
Feminism: more sayings
- “Misogyny has not been completely wiped out anywhere. Rather, it resides on a spectrum, and our best hope for…”Mona Eltahawy
- “Wisdom cannot be bought from the walmart, it can only come from the Holy Spirit of God.”Patience Johnson
- “Should we tolerate debate within feminism's ranks? Undebatable! But it's not so simple: women are socialised…”Robin Morgan
READ THE SOURCE
Books by Rebecca Solnit
Men Explain Things To Me
2014
Wanderlust
2000
Hope in the Dark
2004
The Mother of all Questions
2017
Whose Story Is This?
2019