I am not free while any woman is unfree, even when her shackles are very different from my own.
AUDRE LORDEOppression is as American as apple pie.
More Audre Lorde Quotes
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A choice of pains. That’s what living was all about.
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I am not only a casualty, I am also a warrior.
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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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I remember how being young and Black and gay and lonely felt. A lot of it was fine, feeling I had the truth and the light and the key, but a lot of it was purely hell.
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The true focus of revolutionary change is never merely the oppressive situations that we seek to escape, but that piece of the oppressor which is planted deep within each of us.
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If I didn’t define myself for myself, I would be crunched into other people’s fantasies for me and eaten alive.
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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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Our visions begin with our desires.
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If they cannot love and resist at the same time, they probably will not survive.
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I have a duty to speak the truth as I see it and share not just my triumphs, not just the things that felt good, but the pain, the intense, often unmitigated pain. It is important to share how I know survival is survival and not just a walk throught the rain.
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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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Anger is loaded with information and energy.
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Out of my flesh that hungers and my mouth that knows comes the shape I am seeking for reason.
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Divide and conquer must become define and empower.
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Each time you love, love as deeply as if it were forever.
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