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.
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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I have been woman for a long time beware my smile I am treacherous with old magic.
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I am still learning – how to take joy in all the people I am, how to use all my selves in the service of what I believe, how to accept when I fail and rejoice when I succeed.
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I have a duty to speak the truth as I see it and share not just my triumphs, not just the things that felt good, but the pain, the intense, often unmitigated pain. It is important to share how I know survival is survival and not just a walk throught the rain.
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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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Your silence will not protect you.
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You are the one that you are looking for.
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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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The master’s tools will never dismantle the master’s house.
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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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I wish to raise a Black man who will not be destroyed by, nor settle for, those corruptions called power by the white fathers who mean his destruction as surely as they mean mine.
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We recognize that all knowledge is mediated through the body and that feeling is a profound source of information about our lives.
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We are powerful because we have survived, and that is what it is all about survival and growth.
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It does not pay to cherish symbols when the substance lies so close at hand.
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What I most regretted were my silences. Of what had I ever been afraid?
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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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