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AUDRE LORDEI am bleak heroism of words that refuse to be buried alive with the liars.
More Audre Lorde Quotes
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We have to consciously study how to be tender with each other until it becomes a habit because what was native has been stolen from us, the love of Black women for each other.
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I am deliberate and afraid of nothing.
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I am not only a casualty, I am also a warrior.
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We are all in the process of becoming.
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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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For women, then, poetry is not a luxury. It is a vital necessity of our existence.
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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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A choice of pains. That’s what living was all about.
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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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The transformation of silence into language and action is an act of self-revelation .
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Our visions begin with our desires.
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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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You cannot use someone else’s fire. You can only use your own. And in order to do that, you must first be willing to believe that you have it.
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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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One pays a lot, we all pay a lot, for awareness.
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