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
AUDRE LORDEThe transformation of silence into language and action is an act of self-revelation .
More Audre Lorde Quotes
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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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Dark-bright fire lit eyes.
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The transformation of silence into language and action is an act of self-revelation .
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When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.
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A choice of pains. That’s what living was all about.
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I learned so much from listening to people. And all I knew was, the only thing I had was honesty and openness.
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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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I remember how being young and Black and gay and lonely felt. A lot of it was fine, feeling I had the truth and the light and the key, but a lot of it was purely hell.
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We must wake up knowing we have work to do and go to bed knowing we’ve done it.
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Our visions begin with our desires.
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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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Each time you love, love as deeply as if it were forever.
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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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Our feelings are our most genuine paths to knowledge.
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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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