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Nicole Brossard Quotes

... if patriarchy can take what exists and make it not, surely we can take what exists and make it be.

... if patriarchy can take what exists and make it not, surely we can take what exists and make it be.

Nicole Brossard (2005). “Fluid Arguments: Essays Written in French and English”, Mercury Press (Canada)

To be a poet is to place pleasure, beauty and sensual delights front and centre, it means having a predilection for debauchery.

Nicole Brossard, Louise Forsyth (2009). “Mobility of light: the poetry of Nicole Brossard : a bilingual publication”, Wilfrid Laurier Univ Pr

A lesbian is a radical or she is not a lesbian.

Nicole Brossard (1988). “The aerial letter”, Womens Pr

I cannot get close to any you.

Nicole Brossard, Susanne de Lotbinière-Harwood (2006). “Mauve Desert”, p.30, Coach House Books

To write, you must first belong to yourself.

Nicole Brossard (1988). “The aerial letter”, Womens Pr

Lesbians are the poets of the humanity of women.

Nicole Brossard (1988). “The aerial letter”, Womens Pr

The lesbian is a threatening reality for reality.

Nicole Brossard (1988). “The aerial letter”, Womens Pr