I am bleak heroism of words that refuse to be buried alive with the liars.
AUDRE LORDEWe are powerful because we have survived, and that is what it is all about survival and growth.
More Audre Lorde Quotes
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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.
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Some problems we share as women, some we do not.
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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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Each time you love, love as deeply as if it were forever.
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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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The oppression of women knows no ethnic nor racial boundaries, true, but that does not mean it is identical within those boundaries.
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How hard it is to sleep in the middle of life.
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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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In the recognition of loving lies the answer to despair.
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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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For women, then, poetry is not a luxury. It is a vital necessity of our existence.
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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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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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A choice of pains. That’s what living was all about.
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My experience with people who tried to label me was that they usually did it to either dismiss me or use me.
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