The transformation of silence into language and action is an act of self-revelation .
AUDRE LORDEThe erotic has often been misnamed by men and used against women.
More Audre Lorde Quotes
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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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Black and Third World people are expected to educate white people as to our humanity.
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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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How hard it is to sleep in the middle of life.
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Life is very short and what we have to do must be done in the now.
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For women, then, poetry is not a luxury. It is a vital necessity of our existence.
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The true focus of revolutionary change is never merely the oppressive situations that we seek to escape, but that piece of the oppressor which is planted deep within each of us.
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I am not only a casualty, I am also a warrior.
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If they cannot love and resist at the same time, they probably will not survive.
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You are the one that you are looking for.
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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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Anger is loaded with information and energy.
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Nothing I accept about myself can be used against me to diminish me.
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It does not pay to cherish symbols when the substance lies so close at hand.
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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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