Some problems we share as women, some we do not.
AUDRE LORDEWhat woman here is so enamored of her own oppression that she cannot see her heel print upon another woman’s face?
More Audre Lorde Quotes
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Some problems we share as women, some we do not.
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I have died too many deaths that were not mine.
AUDRE LORDEI have died too many deaths that were not mine.
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What I most regretted were my silences. Of what had I ever been afraid?
AUDRE LORDEWhat I most regretted were my silences. Of what had I ever been afraid?
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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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Your silence will not protect you.
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To search for power within myself means I must be willing to move through being afraid to whatever lies beyond.
AUDRE LORDETo search for power within myself means I must be willing to move through being afraid to whatever lies beyond.
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When we speak we are afraid our words will not be heard or welcomed. But when we are silent, we are still afraid. So it is better to speak.
AUDRE LORDEWhen we speak we are afraid our words will not be heard or welcomed. But when we are silent, we are still afraid. So it is better to speak.
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I have been woman for a long time beware my smile I am treacherous with old magic.
AUDRE LORDEI have been woman for a long time beware my smile I am treacherous with old magic.
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You are the one that you are looking for.
AUDRE LORDEYou are the one that you are looking for.
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Oppressors always expect the oppressed to extend to them the understanding so lacking in themselves.
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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.
AUDRE LORDEIn 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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We must wake up knowing we have work to do and go to bed knowing we’ve done it.
AUDRE LORDEWe must wake up knowing we have work to do and go to bed knowing we’ve done it.
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For women, then, poetry is not a luxury. It is a vital necessity of our existence.
AUDRE LORDEFor women, then, poetry is not a luxury. It is a vital necessity of our existence.
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The true focus of revolutionary change is never merely the oppressive situations that we seek to escape, but that piece of the oppressor which is planted deep within each of us.
AUDRE LORDEThe true focus of revolutionary change is never merely the oppressive situations that we seek to escape, but that piece of the oppressor which is planted deep within each of us.
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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.
AUDRE LORDEI have come to believe that caring for myself is not self-indulgent. Caring for myself is an act of survival.
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Dark-bright fire lit eyes.
AUDRE LORDEDark-bright fire lit eyes.
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