I learned so much from listening to people. And all I knew was, the only thing I had was honesty and openness.
AUDRE LORDEPain is important: how we evade it, how we succumb to it, how we deal with it, how we transcend it.
More Audre Lorde Quotes
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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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The transformation of silence into language and action is an act of self-revelation .
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What I most regretted were my silences. Of what had I ever been afraid?
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I have died too many deaths that were not mine.
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Our visions begin with our desires.
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We are powerful because we have survived, and that is what it is all about survival and growth.
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Dark-bright fire lit eyes.
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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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I am not only a casualty, I am also a warrior.
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I find I am constantly being encouraged to pluck out some one aspect of myself and present this as the meaningful whole, eclipsing or denying the other parts of self.
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Each time you love, love as deeply as if it were forever.
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Anger is loaded with information and energy.
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When times are hard, do something. If it works, do it some more. If it does not work, do something else. But keep going.
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Oppression is as American as apple pie.
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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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