Women are powerful and dangerous.
AUDRE LORDEWhat I most regretted were my silences. Of what had I ever been afraid?
More Audre Lorde Quotes
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It’s a struggle but that’s why we exist, so that another generation of Lesbians of color will not have to invent themselves, or their history, all over again.
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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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Oppression is as American as apple pie.
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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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One pays a lot, we all pay a lot, for awareness.
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In the recognition of loving lies the answer to despair.
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Guilt and defensiveness are bricks in a wall against which we all flounder; they serve none of our futures.
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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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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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You cannot use someone else’s fire. You can only use your own. And in order to do that, you must first be willing to believe that you have it.
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When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.
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I remember how being young and Black and gay and lonely felt. A lot of it was fine, feeling I had the truth and the light and the key, but a lot of it was purely hell.
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We do not have to romanticize our past in order to be aware of how it seeds our present.
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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.
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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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