Cixous

Response	Quotation
I like this quote because it Cixous tells us not to rely on the past for changes that we make in the future. We need to make changes based on society and how it is currently. Cixous states that we need to work towards change and progress.	“The future must no longer be determined by the past. I do not deny that the effects of the past are still with us. But I refuse to strengthen them by repeating them, to confer upon them an irremovability the equivalent of destiny, to confuse the biological and the cultural. Anticipation is imperative” (Cixous 247).
This quote is significant because it shows how women are always under the thumb of men. Cixous suggests to women to work towards independence. By knowing their place in history, they can be recognized and appreciated more.	“When I say “woman,” I’m speaking of woman in her inevitable struggle against conventional man; and of a universal woman subject who must bring women to their senses and to their meaning in history” (Cixous 247).
This is my favorite quote of the whole article. Cixous tells the reader that sometimes we need a culture shock in order for us to open our eyes. People often times come together in times of need and set aside differences.	“At times it is in the fissure caused by an earthquake, through that radical mutation of things brought on by a material upheaval when every structure is for a moment thrown off balance and an ephemeral wildness sweeps order away, that the poet slips something by, for a brief span, of woman” (Cixous 249).
This is a very realistic quote. If you silence a part of you, you are not able to express your full being.	“Censor the body and you censor breath and speech at the same time” (Cixous 250).
This is an interesting quote because Cixous mentions how our future is changing for the better and that it will go down in history.	“The new history is coming; it’s not a dream, though it does extend beyond men’s imagination, and for a good reason” (Cixous 252).
This is similar to the quote above. If you do not speak out, you are not able to fully express your thoughts and beliefs.	“Those who have turned their tongues 10,000 times seven times before not speaking are either dead from it or not familiar with their tongues and their mouths than any-one else” (Cixous 254).