Two quotes from her works have become widely known: "Rose is a rose is a rose is a rose," and "there is no there there", with the latter often taken to be a reference to her childhood home of Oakland.
Δύο αποσπάσματα από τα έργα της έχουν γίνει ευρέως γνωστά: "Rose is a rose is a rose is a rose" και το "there is no there there", με το τελευταίο συχνά θεωρείται αναφορά στην παιδική της ηλικία στο Όουκλαντ.