I started writing because I had a need inside of me to create something that was not there.
AUDRE LORDEWe are all more blind to what we have than to what we have not.
More Audre Lorde Quotes
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For women, then, poetry is not a luxury. It is a vital necessity of our existence.
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The transformation of silence into language and action is an act of self-revelation .
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My experience with people who tried to label me was that they usually did it to either dismiss me or use me.
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Whenever the need for some pretense of communication arises, those who profit from our oppression call upon us to share our knowledge with them
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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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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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I am not free while any woman is unfree, even when her shackles are very different from my own.
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I am not only a casualty, I am also a warrior.
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To search for power within myself means I must be willing to move through being afraid to whatever lies beyond.
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I am still learning – how to take joy in all the people I am, how to use all my selves in the service of what I believe, how to accept when I fail and rejoice when I succeed.
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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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If they cannot love and resist at the same time, they probably will not survive.
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In the recognition of loving lies the answer to despair.
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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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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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