Out of my flesh that hungers and my mouth that knows comes the shape I am seeking for reason.
AUDRE LORDEIn the recognition of loving lies the answer to despair.
More Audre Lorde Quotes
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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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Wherever the bird with no feet flew, she found trees with no limbs.
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The master’s tools will never dismantle the master’s house.
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What woman here is so enamored of her own oppression that she cannot see her heel print upon another woman’s face?
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I have died too many deaths that were not mine.
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It does not pay to cherish symbols when the substance lies so close at hand.
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The learning process is something you can incite, literally incite, like a riot.
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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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Some problems we share as women, some we do not.
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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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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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What I most regretted were my silences. Of what had I ever been afraid?
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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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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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The more I use my strength in the service of my vision the less I am afraid.
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