Guilt and defensiveness are bricks in a wall against which we all flounder; they serve none of our futures.
AUDRE LORDEI find I am constantly being encouraged to pluck out some one aspect of myself and present this as the meaningful whole, eclipsing or denying the other parts of self.
More Audre Lorde Quotes
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I am not free while any woman is unfree, even when her shackles are very different from my own.
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Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare.
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Without community, there is no liberation.
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We are all more blind to what we have than to what we have not.
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I have come to believe over and over again that what is most important to me must be spoken, made verbal and shared, even at the risk of having it bruised or misunderstood.
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Our feelings are our most genuine paths to knowledge.
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I find I am constantly being encouraged to pluck out some one aspect of myself and present this as the meaningful whole, eclipsing or denying the other parts of self.
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We do not have to romanticize our past in order to be aware of how it seeds our present.
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Women are powerful and dangerous.
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I want to live the rest of my life, however long or short, with as much sweetness as I can decently manage, loving all the people I love, and doing as much as I can of the work I still have to do.
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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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Guilt is not a response to anger; it is a response to one’s own actions or lack of action.
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Dark-bright fire lit eyes.
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To that piece in each of us that refuses to be silent.
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We must constantly encourage ourselves and each other to attempt the heretical actions that our dreams imply and so many of our old ideas disparage.
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