But the true feminist deals out of a lesbian consciousness whether or not she ever sleeps with women.
AUDRE LORDEIn our work and in our living, we must recognize that difference is a reason for celebration and growth, rather than a reason for destruction.
More Audre Lorde Quotes
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The erotic is a measure between the beginnings of our sense of self and the chaos of our strongest feelings.
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Poetry is not only dream and vision; it is the skeleton architecture of our lives. It lays the foundations for a future of change, a bridge across our fears of what has never been before.
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Life is very short and what we have to do must be done in the now.
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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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Each time you love, love as deeply as if it were forever.
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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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Construct templates for possible futures, and focus our rage for change upon our enemies rather than upon each other.
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My experience with people who tried to label me was that they usually did it to either dismiss me or use me.
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Oppressors always expect the oppressed to extend to them the understanding so lacking in themselves.
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How hard it is to sleep in the middle of life.
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Sometimes we are blessed with being able to choose the time, and the arena, and the manner of our revolution, but more usually we must do battle where we are standing.
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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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Divide and conquer must become define and empower.
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I learned so much from listening to people. And all I knew was, the only thing I had was honesty and openness.
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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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