But the true feminist deals out of a lesbian consciousness whether or not she ever sleeps with women.
AUDRE LORDEYou 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.
More Audre Lorde Quotes
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It does not pay to cherish symbols when the substance lies so close at hand.
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If they cannot love and resist at the same time, they probably will not survive.
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Without community, there is no liberation.
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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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We are powerful because we have survived, and that is what it is all about survival and growth.
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Poetry is not only dream and vision; it is the skeleton architecture of our lives. It lays the foundations for a future of change, a bridge across our fears of what has never been before.
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How hard it is to sleep in the middle of life.
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I have died too many deaths that were not mine.
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I am not only a casualty, I am also a warrior.
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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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I have been woman for a long time beware my smile I am treacherous with old magic.
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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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The transformation of silence into language and action is an act of self-revelation .
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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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The erotic is a measure between the beginnings of our sense of self and the chaos of our strongest feelings.
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