For women, then, poetry is not a luxury. It is a vital necessity of our existence.
AUDRE LORDEThe erotic has often been misnamed by men and used against women.
More Audre Lorde Quotes
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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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To search for power within myself means I must be willing to move through being afraid to whatever lies beyond.
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I am still learning – how to take joy in all the people I am, how to use all my selves in the service of what I believe, how to accept when I fail and rejoice when I succeed.
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In the recognition of loving lies the answer to despair.
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We have been raised to fear the yes within ourselves, our deepest cravings.
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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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If I didn’t define myself for myself, I would be crunched into other people’s fantasies for me and eaten alive.
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When times are hard, do something. If it works, do it some more. If it does not work, do something else. But keep going.
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Some problems we share as women, some we do not.
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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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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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I am not free while any woman is unfree, even when her shackles are very different from my own.
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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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Life is very short and what we have to do must be done in the now.
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The transformation of silence into language and action is an act of self-revelation .
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