I have come to believe that caring for myself is not self-indulgent. Caring for myself is an act of survival.
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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I have died too many deaths that were not mine.
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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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I am a Black, Lesbian, Feminist, Warrior, Poet, Mother – stronger for all my identities, and I am indivisible.
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Institutionalized rejection of difference is an absolute necessity in a profit economy which needs outsiders as surplus people.
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But the true feminist deals out of a lesbian consciousness whether or not she ever sleeps with women.
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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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To that piece in each of us that refuses to be silent.
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Our visions begin with our desires.
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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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Guilt is not a response to anger; it is a response to one’s own actions or lack of action.
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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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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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The erotic is a measure between the beginnings of our sense of self and the chaos of our strongest feelings.
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I am deliberate and afraid of nothing.
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Our feelings are our most genuine paths to knowledge.
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