Vivian Gornick Quote

Awareness of the self is more acutely at the heart of things than it has ever been before. On the foundation of self-awareness alone rest all our hopes for a new politics, a new society, a revitalized life. If we do not genuinely know ourselves, the void will now, at last, surely rise up to meet us.

Essays in feminism (ed. HarperCollins Publishers, 1978)

Awareness of the self is more acutely at the heart of things than it has ever been before. On the foundation of self-awareness alone rest all our...

Awareness of the self is more acutely at the heart of things than it has ever been before. On the foundation of self-awareness alone rest all our...

Awareness of the self is more acutely at the heart of things than it has ever been before. On the foundation of self-awareness alone rest all our...

Awareness of the self is more acutely at the heart of things than it has ever been before. On the foundation of self-awareness alone rest all our...