Unless one lives and loves in the trenches, it is difficult to remember that the war against dehumanization is ceaseless.
AUDRE LORDEOur visions begin with our desires.
More Audre Lorde Quotes
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If I cannot air this pain and alter it, I will surely die of it. That’s the beginning of social protest.
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Women are powerful and dangerous.
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Revolution is not a one time event.
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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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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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In our work and in our living, we must recognize that difference is a reason for celebration and growth, rather than a reason for destruction.
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Life is very short and what we have to do must be done in the now.
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Change is the immediate responsibility of each of us, wherever and however we are standing, in whatever arena we choose.
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You are the one that you are looking for.
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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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How hard it is to sleep in the middle of life.
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To that piece in each of us that refuses to be silent.
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If they cannot love and resist at the same time, they probably will not survive.
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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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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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