I learned so much from listening to people. And all I knew was, the only thing I had was honesty and openness.
AUDRE LORDEWhat I most regretted were my silences. Of what had I ever been afraid?
More Audre Lorde Quotes
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There are no new ideas. There are only new ways of making them felt.
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Wherever the bird with no feet flew, she found trees with no limbs.
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I have died too many deaths that were not mine.
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I am not only a casualty, I am also a warrior.
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I am bleak heroism of words that refuse to be buried alive with the liars.
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We are all in the process of becoming.
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Each time you love, love as deeply as if it were forever.
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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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The master’s tools will never dismantle the master’s house.
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Our feelings are our most genuine paths to knowledge.
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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 are all more blind to what we have than to what we have not.
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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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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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You are the one that you are looking for.
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