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I learned so much from listening to people. And all I knew was, the only thing I had was honesty and openness.

Audre Lorde

I have died too many deaths that were not mine.
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Death Deep Depression Die Healing One Liner
The Seventh Sense – Women who build nations learn to love men who build nations learn to love children building sand castles by the rising sea.
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Build Castle Children Deep Learning Love Nation Rise Sea Sense Women
It does not pay to cherish symbols when the substance lies so close at hand.
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Cherish Close Hands Pay Substance Symbol
Construct templates for possible futures, and focus our rage for change upon our enemies rather than upon each other.
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Change Construct Each Other Enemy Future Inspirational Possible Template
My experience with people who tried to label me was that they usually did it to either dismiss me or use me.
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Dismiss Experience Label People Try Used
We must wake up knowing we have work to do and go to bed knowing we’ve done it.
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Bed Done Motivational Satisfaction Wake Up Work
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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Afraid Hear Silence Speak Welcome Women Empowerment
The erotic has often been misnamed by men and used against women.
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Against Erotic Men Women
Some problems we share as women, some we do not.
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Problem Share Women
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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Decent Life Live Love Management People Sweet Want Work
The erotic is a measure between the beginnings of our sense of self and the chaos of our strongest feelings.
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Beginning Choas Erotic Feeling Measure Sense Strong
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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Duty Important Intense Pain Rain Speak Survival Truimph Truth
To that piece in each of us that refuses to be silent.
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Pieces Refuse Silence
In the recognition of loving lies the answer to despair.
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Despair Love Lying Recognize
It’s a struggle but that’s why we exist, so that another generation of Lesbians of color will not have to invent themselves, or their history, all over again.
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Colour Existence Generation History Lesbian Struggle
We have been raised to fear the yes within ourselves, our deepest cravings.
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Crave Fear Ourselves Raise

I learned so much from listening to people. And all I knew was, the only thing I had was honesty and openness.

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I learned so much from listening to people. And all I knew was, the only thing I had was honesty and openness.

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