I find I am constantly being encouraged to pluck out some one aspect of myself and present this as the meaningful whole, eclipsing or denying the other parts of self.
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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Your silence will not protect you.
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We are all in the process of becoming.
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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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Change is the immediate responsibility of each of us, wherever and however we are standing, in whatever arena we choose.
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Without community, there is no liberation.
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Out of my flesh that hungers and my mouth that knows comes the shape I am seeking for reason.
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Pain is important: how we evade it, how we succumb to it, how we deal with it, how we transcend it.
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To that piece in each of us that refuses to be silent.
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Divide and conquer must become define and empower.
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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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When you reach out and touch other human beings, it doesn’t matter whether you call it therapy or teaching or poetry.
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It does not pay to cherish symbols when the substance lies so close at hand.
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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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Life is very short and what we have to do must be done in the now.
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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.
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