Unless one lives and loves in the trenches, it is difficult to remember that the war against dehumanization is ceaseless.
AUDRE LORDEIn our work and in our living, we must recognize that difference is a reason for celebration and growth, rather than a reason for destruction.
More Audre Lorde Quotes
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Each time you love, love as deeply as if it were forever.
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If they cannot love and resist at the same time, they probably will not survive.
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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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We must constantly encourage ourselves and each other to attempt the heretical actions that our dreams imply and so many of our old ideas disparage.
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I am not only a casualty, I am also a warrior.
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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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The learning process is something you can incite, literally incite, like a riot.
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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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We are all more blind to what we have than to what we have not.
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Nothing I accept about myself can be used against me to diminish me.
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Our feelings are our most genuine paths to knowledge.
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I believe one of the hardest things you can do is conquer your fears, but if you have a goal, then it’s your job to open up and let it be real no matter how scary it seems.
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Our visions begin with our desires.
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We do not have to romanticize our past in order to be aware of how it seeds our present.
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We have to consciously study how to be tender with each other until it becomes a habit because what was native has been stolen from us, the love of Black women for each other.
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