You cannot afford to think of being here to receive an education: you will do much better to think of being here to claim one.
speech graduation independence
Adrienne Rich
Douglass College Commencement 1977, 1977
Responsibility to yourself means refusing to let others do your thinking, talking, and naming for you; it means learning to respect and use your own brains and instincts; hence, grappling with hard work.
speech graduation independence
Adrienne Rich
Douglass College Commencement 1977, 1977
It means insisting that work be as meaningful as love and friendship in our lives. It means, therefore, the courage to be different.
speech graduation courage
Adrienne Rich
Douglass College Commencement 1977, 1977