I learned so much from listening to people. And all I knew was, the only thing I had was honesty and openness.
AUDRE LORDEWhen 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.
More Audre Lorde Quotes
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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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The learning process is something you can incite, literally incite, like a riot.
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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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Life is very short and what we have to do must be done in the now.
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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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What I most regretted were my silences. Of what had I ever been afraid?
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I am bleak heroism of words that refuse to be buried alive with the liars.
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Dark-bright fire lit eyes.
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I am deliberate and afraid of nothing.
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How hard it is to sleep in the middle of life.
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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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If they cannot love and resist at the same time, they probably will not survive.
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Guilt is not a response to anger; it is a response to one’s own actions or lack of action.
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Some women wait for themselves around the next corner and call the empty spot peace but the opposite of living is only not living and the stars do not care
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I have died too many deaths that were not mine.
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