Construct templates for possible futures, and focus our rage for change upon our enemies rather than upon each other.
AUDRE LORDEThe learning process is something you can incite, literally incite, like a riot.
More Audre Lorde Quotes
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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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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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The erotic is a measure between the beginnings of our sense of self and the chaos of our strongest feelings.
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I am a Black, Lesbian, Feminist, Warrior, Poet, Mother – stronger for all my identities, and I am indivisible.
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Unless one lives and loves in the trenches, it is difficult to remember that the war against dehumanization is ceaseless.
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Tomorrow belongs to those of us who conceive of it as belonging to everyone; who lend the best of ourselves to it, and with joy.
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I am not only a casualty, I am also a warrior.
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In the recognition of loving lies the answer to despair.
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The learning process is something you can incite, literally incite, like a riot.
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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.
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We have to consciously study how to be tender with each other until it becomes a habit because what was native has been stolen from us, the love of Black women for each other.
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If I didn’t define myself for myself, I would be crunched into other people’s fantasies for me and eaten alive.
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The master’s tools will never dismantle the master’s house.
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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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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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