I have died too many deaths that were not mine.
AUDRE LORDEIt does not pay to cherish symbols when the substance lies so close at hand.
More Audre Lorde Quotes
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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 am a Black, Lesbian, Feminist, Warrior, Poet, Mother – stronger for all my identities, and I am indivisible.
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We must constantly encourage ourselves and each other to attempt the heretical actions that our dreams imply and so many of our old ideas disparage.
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If they cannot love and resist at the same time, they probably will not survive.
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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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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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Divide and conquer must become define and empower.
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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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We are powerful because we have survived, and that is what it is all about survival and growth.
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There is no thing as a single-issue struggle because we do not live single-issue lives.
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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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What I most regretted were my silences. Of what had I ever been afraid?
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One pays a lot, we all pay a lot, for awareness.
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Change is the immediate responsibility of each of us, wherever and however we are standing, in whatever arena we choose.
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I started writing because I had a need inside of me to create something that was not there.
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