Marge Piercy

Quotes

• “Live as if you liked yourself, and it may happen: / reach out, keep reaching out, keep bringing in.”

• “Drifting with things is a habit it takes almost dying to break.”

• “Utopia is work that issues from pain: it is what we do not have that we crave.”

• “Attention is love, what we must give / children, mothers, fathers, pets, / our friends, the news, the woes of others. / What we want to change we curse and then / pick up a tool.”

• "You love too hard. It occupies the center and squeezes out your strength. If you work in the center and love to the side, you will love better in the long run, Shira.

Books by Marge Piercy in order

Books by Marge Piercy in the order they were published, from Hard Loving (1969) to Made in Detroit (2015).

1. 1Hard LovingHard Loving1969
2. 2Small ChangesSmall Changes1972
3. 3Living in the OpenLiving in the Open1976
4. 4Woman on the Edge of TimeWoman on the Edge of Time1976
5. 5The High Cost of LivingThe High Cost of Living1978
6. 6The Twelve Spoked Wheel FlashingThe Twelve Spoked Wheel Flashing1978
7. 7VidaVida1979
8. 8The Moon Is Always FemaleThe Moon Is Always Female1980
9. 9Fly AwayhomeFly Awayhome1984
10. 10Gone to SoldiersGone to Soldiers1987
11. 11Summer PeopleSummer People1989
12. 12He, She and ItHe, She and It1991
13. 13Mars and Her ChildrenMars and Her Children1992
14. 14The Longings of WomenThe Longings of Women1995
15. 15Early GrrrlEarly Grrrl1999
16. 16The Art of Blessing the DayThe Art of Blessing the Day1999
17. 17Sleeping with CatsSleeping with Cats2001
18. 18So You Want to WriteSo You Want to Write2001
19. 19Colors Passing Through UsColors Passing Through Us2003
20. 20Sex WarsSex Wars2005
21. 21The Crooked InheritanceThe Crooked Inheritance2006
22. 22The Cost of Lunch, EtcThe Cost of Lunch, Etc2014
23. 23Made in DetroitMade in Detroit2015
24. 24Braided LivesBraided Lives