Top 7 Quotes by Olga Broumas

Sisterhood - that is, primary and bonding love from women - is, like motherhood, a capacity, not a destiny. It must be chosen, exercised by acts of will.

Sisterhood - that is, primary and bonding love from women - is, like motherhood, a capacity, not a destiny. It must be chosen, exercised by acts of will.

Olga Broumas

Motherhood, Destiny, Sisterhood

She who loves roses must be patient and not cry out when she is pierced by thorns.

Olga Broumas

Wise, Rose, Thorns

Olga Broumas (1999). “Rave: poems, 1975-1999”, Copper Canyon Pr

I am a woman / who understands / the necessity of an impulse whose goal or origin / still lie beyond me.

Olga Broumas

Lying, Goal, Impulse

Olga Broumas (1999). “Rave: poems, 1975-1999”, Copper Canyon Pr

Sweep the garden, any size, said the roshi. Sweeping, sweeping alone as the garden grows large or small. Any song sung working the garden brings up from sand gravel soil through straw bamboo wood and less tangible elements Power song for the hands Healing song for the senses what can and cannot be perceived of the soul.

Olga Broumas

Song, Healing, Garden

Olga Broumas (1999). “Rave: poems, 1975-1999”, Copper Canyon Pr