Unless one lives and loves in the trenches, it is difficult to remember that the war against dehumanization is ceaseless.
AUDRE LORDEBut the true feminist deals out of a lesbian consciousness whether or not she ever sleeps with women.
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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For women, then, poetry is not a luxury. It is a vital necessity of our existence.
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I 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.
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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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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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The more I use my strength in the service of my vision the less I am afraid.
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I am not only a casualty, I am also a warrior.
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But the true feminist deals out of a lesbian consciousness whether or not she ever sleeps with women.
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You need to reach down and touch the thing that’s boiling inside of you and make it somehow useful.
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Institutionalized rejection of difference is an absolute necessity in a profit economy which needs outsiders as surplus people.
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The erotic has often been misnamed by men and used against women.
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Some problems we share as women, some we do not.
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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 want to live the rest of my life, however long or short, with as much sweetness as I can decently manage, loving all the people I love, and doing as much as I can of the work I still have to do.
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Oppression is as American as apple pie.
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