I have come to believe that caring for myself is not self-indulgent. Caring for myself is an act of survival.
AUDRE LORDEI am bleak heroism of words that refuse to be buried alive with the liars.
More Audre Lorde Quotes
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You are the one that you are looking for.
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Some problems we share as women, some we do not.
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I wish to raise a Black man who will not be destroyed by, nor settle for, those corruptions called power by the white fathers who mean his destruction as surely as they mean mine.
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Wherever the bird with no feet flew, she found trees with no limbs.
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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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We are all more blind to what we have than to what we have not.
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I wish to raise a Black man who will recognize that the legitimate objects of his hostility are not women, but the particulars of a structure that programs him to fear and despise women as well as his own Black self.
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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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Revolution is not a one time event.
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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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What woman here is so enamored of her own oppression that she cannot see her heel print upon another woman’s face?
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Each time you love, love as deeply as if it were forever.
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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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It does not pay to cherish symbols when the substance lies so close at hand.
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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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