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.
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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For women, then, poetry is not a luxury. It is a vital necessity of our existence.
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To that piece in each of us that refuses to be silent.
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You are the one that you are looking for.
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In our work and in our living, we must recognize that difference is a reason for celebration and growth, rather than a reason for destruction.
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You cannot use someone else’s fire. You can only use your own. And in order to do that, you must first be willing to believe that you have it.
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In the recognition of loving lies the answer to despair.
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The master’s tools will never dismantle the master’s house.
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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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Our visions begin with our desires.
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Unless one lives and loves in the trenches, it is difficult to remember that the war against dehumanization is ceaseless.
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It’s a struggle but that’s why we exist, so that another generation of Lesbians of color will not have to invent themselves, or their history, all over again.
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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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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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Anger is loaded with information and energy.
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