The erotic has often been misnamed by men and used against women.
AUDRE LORDEUnless one lives and loves in the trenches, it is difficult to remember that the war against dehumanization is ceaseless.
More Audre Lorde Quotes
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I am not only a casualty, I am also a warrior.
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We are all more blind to what we have than to what we have not.
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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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Women are powerful and dangerous.
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For women, then, poetry is not a luxury. It is a vital necessity of our existence.
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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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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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Some problems we share as women, some we do not.
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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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One pays a lot, we all pay a lot, for awareness.
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Black and Third World people are expected to educate white people as to our humanity.
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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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Some women wait for themselves around the next corner and call the empty spot peace but the opposite of living is only not living and the stars do not care
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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 am a Black, Lesbian, Feminist, Warrior, Poet, Mother – stronger for all my identities, and I am indivisible.
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