But the true feminist deals out of a lesbian consciousness whether or not she ever sleeps with women.
AUDRE LORDEIn the recognition of loving lies the answer to despair.
More Audre Lorde Quotes
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Without community, there is no liberation.
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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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Some problems we share as women, some we do not.
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A choice of pains. That’s what living was all about.
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Each time you love, love as deeply as if it were forever.
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I wish to raise a Black man who will not be destroyed by, nor settle for, those corruptions called power by the white fathers who mean his destruction as surely as they mean mine.
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I am bleak heroism of words that refuse to be buried alive with the liars.
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Out of my flesh that hungers and my mouth that knows comes the shape I am seeking for reason.
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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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Guilt is not a response to anger; it is a response to one’s own actions or lack of action.
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In the recognition of loving lies the answer to despair.
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Hopefully, we can learn from the 60s that we cannot afford to do our enemies work by destroying each other.
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Some women wait for themselves around the next corner and call the empty spot peace but the opposite of living is only not living and the stars do not care
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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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Unless one lives and loves in the trenches, it is difficult to remember that the war against dehumanization is ceaseless.
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