I am deliberate and afraid of nothing.
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I have come to believe that caring for myself is not self-indulgent. Caring for myself is an act of survival.
More Audre Lorde Quotes
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Guilt is not a response to anger; it is a response to one’s own actions or lack of action.
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The learning process is something you can incite, literally incite, like a riot.
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Tomorrow belongs to those of us who conceive of it as belonging to everyone; who lend the best of ourselves to it, and with joy.
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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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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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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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Institutionalized rejection of difference is an absolute necessity in a profit economy which needs outsiders as surplus people.
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There are no new ideas. There are only new ways of making them felt.
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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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The erotic has often been misnamed by men and used against women.
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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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What you hear in my voice is fury, not suffering. Anger, not moral authority.
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A choice of pains. That’s what living was all about.
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