I started writing because I had a need inside of me to create something that was not there.
AUDRE LORDEWe recognize that all knowledge is mediated through the body and that feeling is a profound source of information about our lives.
More Audre Lorde Quotes
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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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How hard it is to sleep in the middle of life.
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The erotic has often been misnamed by men and used against women.
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Change is the immediate responsibility of each of us, wherever and however we are standing, in whatever arena we choose.
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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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Whenever the need for some pretense of communication arises, those who profit from our oppression call upon us to share our knowledge with them
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Guilt and defensiveness are bricks in a wall against which we all flounder; they serve none of our futures.
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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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There is no thing as a single-issue struggle because we do not live single-issue lives.
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For women, then, poetry is not a luxury. It is a vital necessity of our existence.
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Construct templates for possible futures, and focus our rage for change upon our enemies rather than upon each other.
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What you hear in my voice is fury, not suffering. Anger, not moral authority.
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If they cannot love and resist at the same time, they probably will not survive.
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We are all in the process of becoming.
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The transformation of silence into language and action is an act of self-revelation .
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