Out of my flesh that hungers and my mouth that knows comes the shape I am seeking for reason.
AUDRE LORDEUnless one lives and loves in the trenches, it is difficult to remember that the war against dehumanization is ceaseless.
More Audre Lorde Quotes
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I remember how being young and Black and gay and lonely felt. A lot of it was fine, feeling I had the truth and the light and the key, but a lot of it was purely hell.
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But the true feminist deals out of a lesbian consciousness whether or not she ever sleeps with women.
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I started writing because I had a need inside of me to create something that was not there.
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We have been raised to fear the yes within ourselves, our deepest cravings.
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I am bleak heroism of words that refuse to be buried alive with the liars.
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Nothing I accept about myself can be used against me to diminish me.
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You are the one that you are looking for.
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I am a Black, Lesbian, Feminist, Warrior, Poet, Mother – stronger for all my identities, and I am indivisible.
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Our visions begin with our desires.
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I have been woman for a long time beware my smile I am treacherous with old magic.
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I wish to raise a Black man who will not be destroyed by, nor settle for, those corruptions called power by the white fathers who mean his destruction as surely as they mean mine.
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I am still learning – how to take joy in all the people I am, how to use all my selves in the service of what I believe, how to accept when I fail and rejoice when I succeed.
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Change is the immediate responsibility of each of us, wherever and however we are standing, in whatever arena we choose.
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Hopefully, we can learn from the 60s that we cannot afford to do our enemies work by destroying each other.
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When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.
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