But the true feminist deals out of a lesbian consciousness whether or not she ever sleeps with women.
AUDRE LORDEI have a duty to speak the truth as I see it and share not just my triumphs, not just the things that felt good, but the pain, the intense, often unmitigated pain. It is important to share how I know survival is survival and not just a walk throught the rain.
More Audre Lorde Quotes
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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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You are the one that you are looking for.
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Life is very short and what we have to do must be done in the now.
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When times are hard, do something. If it works, do it some more. If it does not work, do something else. But keep going.
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The erotic has often been misnamed by men and used against women.
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We are all in the process of becoming.
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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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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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We must wake up knowing we have work to do and go to bed knowing we’ve done it.
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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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If they cannot love and resist at the same time, they probably will not survive.
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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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Anger is loaded with information and energy.
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The learning process is something you can incite, literally incite, like a riot.
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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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