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Quotes from I Ask The Impossible — Ana Castillo

born 1953 United States

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The road in either direction
is neither longer nor shorter,
nor more narrow nor wider
than the fear that closes your heart.

I Ask The Impossible (2000)

No one is very certain about anything after a while.

I Ask The Impossible (2000)

How does it feel to be cruel to a woman?

I Ask The Impossible (2000)

As if we should not be scandalized
by surprise bombing over any city at night,
bombs scandalizing the sanctity of night.

I Ask The Impossible (2000)

Today you try what suits you and when it don't-
move on, move on, move on.

I Ask The Impossible (2000)

And I write these few
words
into the earth
before I forget that sadness
isn't everything.

I Ask The Impossible (2000)

And life is in my hands,
suckling at my breast,
thrives on the rhythm of my beating heart,
warmth of my throbbing belly.

I Ask The Impossible (2000)

You chose, as I choose
to despair, or not
on a given night or day.
That despair turned inside out
you called love.

I Ask The Impossible (2000)

We pray for joy and love to fill our hearts,
our days and our nights

I Ask The Impossible (2000)

paintings
and books conceal more than they ever tell.

I Ask The Impossible (2000)

We pray that our government's leaders
look into their souls,
that they think with the heart of a mother
in making the decisions that affect
the world's populations.

I Ask The Impossible (2000)

do you remember the Conquest
of the New World? Some scholars call it the Conquest
of women, because that is when women became a thing to own.

I Ask The Impossible (2000)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Ana Castillo (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.