I learned so much from listening to people. And all I knew was, the only thing I had was honesty and openness.
AUDRE LORDEI 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.
More Audre Lorde Quotes
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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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Out of my flesh that hungers and my mouth that knows comes the shape I am seeking for reason.
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Black and Third World people are expected to educate white people as to our humanity.
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The more I use my strength in the service of my vision the less I am afraid.
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Our visions begin with our desires.
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Hopefully, we can learn from the 60s that we cannot afford to do our enemies work by destroying each other.
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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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Some problems we share as women, some we do not.
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I started writing because I had a need inside of me to create something that was not there.
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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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I am deliberate and afraid of nothing.
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The erotic has often been misnamed by men and used against women.
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Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare.
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There is no thing as a single-issue struggle because we do not live single-issue lives.
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The transformation of silence into language and action is an act of self-revelation .
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