To that piece in each of us that refuses to be silent.
AUDRE LORDEWhenever the need for some pretense of communication arises, those who profit from our oppression call upon us to share our knowledge with them
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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Your silence will not protect you.
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In the recognition of loving lies the answer to despair.
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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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Without community, there is no liberation.
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Dark-bright fire lit eyes.
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Construct templates for possible futures, and focus our rage for change upon our enemies rather than upon each other.
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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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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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Some problems we share as women, some we do not.
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Our feelings are our most genuine paths to knowledge.
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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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We must constantly encourage ourselves and each other to attempt the heretical actions that our dreams imply and so many of our old ideas disparage.
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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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Wherever the bird with no feet flew, she found trees with no limbs.
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