I am not only a casualty, I am also a warrior.
AUDRE LORDEIn the recognition of loving lies the answer to despair.
More Audre Lorde Quotes
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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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It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences.
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To search for power within myself means I must be willing to move through being afraid to whatever lies beyond.
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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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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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You are the one that you are looking for.
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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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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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It does not pay to cherish symbols when the substance lies so close at hand.
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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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What I most regretted were my silences. Of what had I ever been afraid?
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Your silence will not protect you.
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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 are all in the process of becoming.
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You cannot use someone else’s fire. You can only use your own. And in order to do that, you must first be willing to believe that you have it.
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