Unless one lives and loves in the trenches, it is difficult to remember that the war against dehumanization is ceaseless.
AUDRE LORDEPoetry 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.
More Audre Lorde Quotes
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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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Wherever the bird with no feet flew, she found trees with no limbs.
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It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences.
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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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We do not have to romanticize our past in order to be aware of how it seeds our present.
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For women, then, poetry is not a luxury. It is a vital necessity of our existence.
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Each time you love, love as deeply as if it were forever.
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In the recognition of loving lies the answer to despair.
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Black and Third World people are expected to educate white people as to our humanity.
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Anger, used, does not destroy. Hatred does.
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The transformation of silence into language and action is an act of self-revelation .
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Our feelings are our most genuine paths to knowledge.
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I am not only a casualty, I am also a warrior.
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What woman here is so enamored of her own oppression that she cannot see her heel print upon another woman’s face?
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Tomorrow belongs to those of us who conceive of it as belonging to everyone; who lend the best of ourselves to it, and with joy.
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