I am not free while any woman is unfree, even when her shackles are very different from my own.
AUDRE LORDEI believe one of the hardest things you can do is conquer your fears, but if you have a goal, then it’s your job to open up and let it be real no matter how scary it seems.
More Audre Lorde Quotes
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The transformation of silence into language and action is an act of self-revelation .
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It does not pay to cherish symbols when the substance lies so close at hand.
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I have been woman for a long time beware my smile I am treacherous with old magic.
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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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Institutionalized rejection of difference is an absolute necessity in a profit economy which needs outsiders as surplus people.
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If they cannot love and resist at the same time, they probably will not survive.
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For each of us as women, there is a dark place within, where hidden and growing our true spirit rises, beautiful and tough as chestnut stanchions against our nightmare of weakness.
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I find I am constantly being encouraged to pluck out some one aspect of myself and present this as the meaningful whole, eclipsing or denying the other parts of self.
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How hard it is to sleep in the middle of life.
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A choice of pains. That’s what living was all about.
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We are all in the process of becoming.
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Our visions begin with our desires.
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When you reach out and touch other human beings, it doesn’t matter whether you call it therapy or teaching or poetry.
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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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The more I use my strength in the service of my vision the less I am afraid.
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