It does not pay to cherish symbols when the substance lies so close at hand.
AUDRE LORDEOut of my flesh that hungers and my mouth that knows comes the shape I am seeking for reason.
More Audre Lorde Quotes
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The master’s tools will never dismantle the master’s house.
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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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We have been raised to fear the yes within ourselves, our deepest cravings.
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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 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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Tomorrow belongs to those of us who conceive of it as belonging to everyone; who lend the best of ourselves to it, and with joy.
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Our feelings are our most genuine paths to knowledge.
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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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Anger, used, does not destroy. Hatred does.
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I am not only a casualty, I am also a warrior.
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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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Wherever the bird with no feet flew, she found trees with no limbs.
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I have come to believe that caring for myself is not self-indulgent. Caring for myself is an act of survival.
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Women are powerful and dangerous.
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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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