If I cannot air this pain and alter it, I will surely die of it. That’s the beginning of social protest.
AUDRE LORDEIn the recognition of loving lies the answer to despair.
More Audre Lorde Quotes
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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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Divide and conquer must become define and empower.
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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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Nothing I accept about myself can be used against me to diminish me.
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The oppression of women knows no ethnic nor racial boundaries, true, but that does not mean it is identical within those boundaries.
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Wherever the bird with no feet flew, she found trees with no limbs.
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To that piece in each of us that refuses to be silent.
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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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We do not have to romanticize our past in order to be aware of how it seeds our present.
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If they cannot love and resist at the same time, they probably will not survive.
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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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The transformation of silence into language and action is an act of self-revelation .
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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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The more I use my strength in the service of my vision the less I am afraid.
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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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