Whenever the need for some pretense of communication arises, those who profit from our oppression call upon us to share our knowledge with them
AUDRE LORDEWhenever the need for some pretense of communication arises, those who profit from our oppression call upon us to share our knowledge with them
AUDRE LORDEWe must constantly encourage ourselves and each other to attempt the heretical actions that our dreams imply and so many of our old ideas disparage.
AUDRE LORDEI 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.
AUDRE LORDEWe are powerful because we have survived, and that is what it is all about survival and growth.
AUDRE LORDEThe erotic is a measure between the beginnings of our sense of self and the chaos of our strongest feelings.
AUDRE LORDETo that piece in each of us that refuses to be silent.
AUDRE LORDEWomen are powerful and dangerous.
AUDRE LORDEGuilt is not a response to anger; it is a response to one’s own actions or lack of action.
AUDRE LORDEIn our work and in our living, we must recognize that difference is a reason for celebration and growth, rather than a reason for destruction.
AUDRE LORDENothing I accept about myself can be used against me to diminish me.
AUDRE LORDEI 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.
AUDRE LORDEIf they cannot love and resist at the same time, they probably will not survive.
AUDRE LORDEI started writing because I had a need inside of me to create something that was not there.
AUDRE LORDEAnger is loaded with information and energy.
AUDRE LORDEWe are all in the process of becoming.
AUDRE LORDEAnger, used, does not destroy. Hatred does.
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