Each time you love, love as deeply as if it were forever.
AUDRE LORDEWe have been raised to fear the yes within ourselves, our deepest cravings.
More Audre Lorde Quotes
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I have come to believe over and over again that what is most important to me must be spoken, made verbal and shared, even at the risk of having it bruised or misunderstood.
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One pays a lot, we all pay a lot, for awareness.
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You are the one that you are looking for.
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You 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.
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Women are powerful and dangerous.
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I wish to raise a Black man who will recognize that the legitimate objects of his hostility are not women, but the particulars of a structure that programs him to fear and despise women as well as his own Black self.
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Black and Third World people are expected to educate white people as to our humanity.
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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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Institutionalized rejection of difference is an absolute necessity in a profit economy which needs outsiders as surplus people.
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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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I am not only a casualty, I am also a warrior.
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We recognize that all knowledge is mediated through the body and that feeling is a profound source of information about our lives.
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It does not pay to cherish symbols when the substance lies so close at hand.
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In the recognition of loving lies the answer to despair.
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Nothing I accept about myself can be used against me to diminish me.
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