If they cannot love and resist at the same time, they probably will not survive.
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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.
More Audre Lorde Quotes
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If they cannot love and resist at the same time, they probably will not survive.
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I am bleak heroism of words that refuse to be buried alive with the liars.
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I have a duty to speak the truth as I see it and share not just my triumphs, not just the things that felt good, but the pain, the intense, often unmitigated pain. It is important to share how I know survival is survival and not just a walk throught the rain.
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We recognize that all knowledge is mediated through the body and that feeling is a profound source of information about our lives.
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I have died too many deaths that were not mine.
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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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Dark-bright fire lit eyes.
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We must wake up knowing we have work to do and go to bed knowing we’ve done it.
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It does not pay to cherish symbols when the substance lies so close at hand.
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The transformation of silence into language and action is an act of self-revelation .
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Sometimes we are blessed with being able to choose the time, and the arena, and the manner of our revolution, but more usually we must do battle where we are standing.
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Our feelings are our most genuine paths to knowledge.
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For women, then, poetry is not a luxury. It is a vital necessity of our existence.
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The erotic is a measure between the beginnings of our sense of self and the chaos of our strongest feelings.
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