The erotic has often been misnamed by men and used against women.
AUDRE LORDEIn the recognition of loving lies the answer to despair.
More Audre Lorde Quotes
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Life is very short and what we have to do must be done in the now.
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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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Institutionalized rejection of difference is an absolute necessity in a profit economy which needs outsiders as surplus people.
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We recognize that all knowledge is mediated through the body and that feeling is a profound source of information about our lives.
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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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What you hear in my voice is fury, not suffering. Anger, not moral authority.
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Wherever the bird with no feet flew, she found trees with no limbs.
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It’s a struggle but that’s why we exist, so that another generation of Lesbians of color will not have to invent themselves, or their history, all over again.
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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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A choice of pains. That’s what living was all about.
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Unless one lives and loves in the trenches, it is difficult to remember that the war against dehumanization is ceaseless.
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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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You are the one that you are looking for.
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Each time you love, love as deeply as if it were forever.
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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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