Someone, I say, will remember us in the future.
~Sappho
Yesterday was Lillian Hellman's birthday. One of the great playwrights of the 20th century. I am writing this; one because it is true and has been said many times. But, in her lifetime when great playwrights were mentioned with great fanfare. It was always men. And Lillian felt it deeply. She stopped writing plays.
"Beloved, you are my sister, you are my daughter, you are my face, you are me."
~ Toni Morrison