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Monique Wittig quotes: One is a writer, or one is not.

One is a writer, or one is not.

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

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

Monique Wittig quotes: They say that oppression engenders hate. They are heard on all sides crying hate hate.

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

Monique Wittig quotes: The bearers of fables are very welcome.

The bearers of fables are very welcome.

Monique Wittig quotes: Despite all the evils they wished to crush me with/I remain as steady as the three-legged cauldron.

Despite all the evils they wished to crush me with/
I remain as steady as the three-legged cauldron.

Monique Wittig quotes: The category of sex is the political category that founds society as heterosexual.

The category of sex is the political category that founds society as heterosexual.

Monique Wittig quotes: I refuse to pronounce the names of possession and nonpossession.

I refuse to pronounce the names of possession and nonpossession.

Monique Wittig quotes: The dictionary is, however, only a rough draft.

The dictionary is, however, only a rough draft.

Monique Wittig quotes: For there is no sex. There is but sex that is oppressed and sex that oppresses. It is oppression that creates sex and not the contrary.

For there is no sex. There is but sex that is oppressed and sex that oppresses. It is oppression that creates sex and not the contrary.

Monique Wittig quotes: Language casts sheaves of reality upon the social body, stamping it and violently shaping it.

Language casts sheaves of reality upon the social body, stamping it and violently shaping it.

Monique Wittig quotes: I am with fire between my teeth and still nothing but my blank page.

I am with fire between my teeth and still nothing but my blank page.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Monique Wittig quotes: There is no 'feminine writing' ... and one makes a mistake is using and giving currency to this expression.

There is no 'feminine writing' ... and one makes a mistake is using and giving currency to this expression.