For women, then, poetry is not a luxury. It is a vital necessity of our existence.
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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Anger, used, does not destroy. Hatred does.
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If I cannot air this pain and alter it, I will surely die of it. That’s the beginning of social protest.
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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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We have to consciously study how to be tender with each other until it becomes a habit because what was native has been stolen from us, the love of Black women for each other.
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Our feelings are our most genuine paths to knowledge.
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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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But the true feminist deals out of a lesbian consciousness whether or not she ever sleeps with women.
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The master’s tools will never dismantle the master’s house.
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I am deliberate and afraid of nothing.
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Dark-bright fire lit eyes.
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Sometimes we are blessed with being able to choose the time, and the arena, and the manner of our revolution, but more usually we must do battle where we are standing.
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There are no new ideas. There are only new ways of making them felt.
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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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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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How hard it is to sleep in the middle of life.
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