It does not pay to cherish symbols when the substance lies so close at hand.
AUDRE LORDENothing I accept about myself can be used against me to diminish me.
More Audre Lorde Quotes
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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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Wherever the bird with no feet flew, she found trees with no limbs.
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In the recognition of loving lies the answer to despair.
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We are all more blind to what we have than to what we have not.
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To that piece in each of us that refuses to be silent.
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The Seventh Sense – Women who build nations learn to love men who build nations learn to love children building sand castles by the rising sea.
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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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For women, then, poetry is not a luxury. It is a vital necessity of our existence.
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Anger is loaded with information and energy.
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I am bleak heroism of words that refuse to be buried alive with the liars.
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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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It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences.
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Change is the immediate responsibility of each of us, wherever and however we are standing, in whatever arena we choose.
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Nothing I accept about myself can be used against me to diminish me.
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One pays a lot, we all pay a lot, for awareness.
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