I am not free while any woman is unfree, even when her shackles are very different from my own.
AUDRE LORDEI am deliberate and afraid of nothing.
More Audre Lorde Quotes
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When we speak we are afraid our words will not be heard or welcomed. But when we are silent, we are still afraid. So it is better to speak.
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Whenever the need for some pretense of communication arises, those who profit from our oppression call upon us to share our knowledge with them
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When you reach out and touch other human beings, it doesn’t matter whether you call it therapy or teaching or poetry.
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Some women wait for themselves around the next corner and call the empty spot peace but the opposite of living is only not living and the stars do not care
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Out of my flesh that hungers and my mouth that knows comes the shape I am seeking for reason.
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We are all more blind to what we have than to what we have not.
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To that piece in each of us that refuses to be silent.
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It does not pay to cherish symbols when the substance lies so close at hand.
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We are powerful because we have survived, and that is what it is all about survival and growth.
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Guilt and defensiveness are bricks in a wall against which we all flounder; they serve none of our futures.
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You cannot use someone else’s fire. You can only use your own. And in order to do that, you must first be willing to believe that you have it.
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Nothing I accept about myself can be used against me to diminish me.
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Our feelings are our most genuine paths to knowledge.
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In the recognition of loving lies the answer to despair.
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When times are hard, do something. If it works, do it some more. If it does not work, do something else. But keep going.
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