For women, then, poetry is not a luxury. It is a vital necessity of our existence.
AUDRE LORDEA choice of pains. That’s what living was all about.
More Audre Lorde Quotes
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There are no new ideas. There are only new ways of making them felt.
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There is no thing as a single-issue struggle because we do not live single-issue lives.
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We have been raised to fear the yes within ourselves, our deepest cravings.
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When we speak we are afraid our words will not be heard or welcomed. But when we are silent, we are still afraid. So it is better to speak.
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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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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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Life is very short and what we have to do must be done in the now.
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Nothing I accept about myself can be used against me to diminish me.
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Hopefully, we can learn from the 60s that we cannot afford to do our enemies work by destroying each other.
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The transformation of silence into language and action is an act of self-revelation .
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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 am bleak heroism of words that refuse to be buried alive with the liars.
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Our feelings are our most genuine paths to knowledge.
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I am not only a casualty, I am also a warrior.
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Without community, there is no liberation.
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