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.
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 are all more blind to what we have than to what we have not.
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The erotic has often been misnamed by men and used against women.
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There are no new ideas. There are only new ways of making them felt.
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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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The transformation of silence into language and action is an act of self-revelation .
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Revolution is not a one time event.
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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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Oppressors always expect the oppressed to extend to them the understanding so lacking in themselves.
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Sometimes we are blessed with being able to choose the time, and the arena, and the manner of our revolution, but more usually we must do battle where we are standing.
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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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A choice of pains. That’s what living was all about.
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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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You are the one that you are looking for.
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Our feelings are our most genuine paths to knowledge.
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Women are powerful and dangerous.
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