There are no new ideas. There are only new ways of making them felt.
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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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.
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I have died too many deaths that were not mine.
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Without community, there is no liberation.
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I am not only a casualty, I am also a warrior.
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A choice of pains. That’s what living was all about.
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Whenever the need for some pretense of communication arises, those who profit from our oppression call upon us to share our knowledge with them
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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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We do not have to romanticize our past in order to be aware of how it seeds our present.
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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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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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One pays a lot, we all pay a lot, for awareness.
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When we speak we are afraid our words will not be heard or welcomed. But when we are silent, we are still afraid. So it is better to speak.
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I want to live the rest of my life, however long or short, with as much sweetness as I can decently manage, loving all the people I love, and doing as much as I can of the work I still have to do.
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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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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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Construct templates for possible futures, and focus our rage for change upon our enemies rather than upon each other.
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The erotic has often been misnamed by men and used against women.
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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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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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Institutionalized rejection of difference is an absolute necessity in a profit economy which needs outsiders as surplus people.
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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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Hopefully, we can learn from the 60s that we cannot afford to do our enemies work by destroying each other.
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Our feelings are our most genuine paths to knowledge.
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If they cannot love and resist at the same time, they probably will not survive.
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It does not pay to cherish symbols when the substance lies so close at hand.
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What you hear in my voice is fury, not suffering. Anger, not moral authority.
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