Rebecca Solnit quotes

Rebecca Solnit is a renowned writer, historian, and activist based in San Francisco. With a focus on environmental and social issues, she has authored over 20 books including "Men Explain Things to Me" and "The Mother of All Questions." Solnit's insightful analysis and eloquent prose have earned her critical acclaim and a loyal following. She is a powerful voice for feminism, justice, and the environment. Keep up with Rebecca Solnit's latest work and public appearances to stay informed and inspired by her impactful writing.

Walkers are 'practitioners of the city,' for the city is made to be walked. A city is a language, a repository of possibilities, and walking is the act of speaking that language, of selecting from those possibilities. Just as language limits what can be said, architecture limits where one can walk, but the walker invents other ways to go.

- Rebecca Solnit

Perfection is a stick with which to beat the possible.

- Rebecca Solnit

Getting lost was not a matter of geography so much as identity, a passionate desire, even an urgent need, to become no one and anyone, to shake off the shackles that remind you who you are, who others think you are.

- Rebecca Solnit