I believe one of the hardest things you can do is conquer your fears, but if you have a goal, then it’s your job to open up and let it be real no matter how scary it seems.
AUDRE LORDEI remember how being young and Black and gay and lonely felt. A lot of it was fine, feeling I had the truth and the light and the key, but a lot of it was purely hell.
More Audre Lorde Quotes
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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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Out of my flesh that hungers and my mouth that knows comes the shape I am seeking for reason.
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Oppressors always expect the oppressed to extend to them the understanding so lacking in themselves.
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In the recognition of loving lies the answer to despair.
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Life is very short and what we have to do must be done in the now.
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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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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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Dark-bright fire lit eyes.
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If I cannot air this pain and alter it, I will surely die of it. That’s the beginning of social protest.
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Anger is loaded with information and energy.
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I have come to believe that caring for myself is not self-indulgent. Caring for myself is an act of survival.
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We have been raised to fear the yes within ourselves, our deepest cravings.
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We are all in the process of becoming.
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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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One pays a lot, we all pay a lot, for awareness.
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