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
AUDRE LORDEI 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.
More Audre Lorde Quotes
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If I didn’t define myself for myself, I would be crunched into other people’s fantasies for me and eaten alive.
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It does not pay to cherish symbols when the substance lies so close at hand.
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I have come to believe over and over again that what is most important to me must be spoken, made verbal and shared, even at the risk of having it bruised or misunderstood.
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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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You are the one that you are looking for.
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To that piece in each of us that refuses to be silent.
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Revolution is not a one time event.
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You need to reach down and touch the thing that’s boiling inside of you and make it somehow useful.
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What I most regretted were my silences. Of what had I ever been afraid?
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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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The true focus of revolutionary change is never merely the oppressive situations that we seek to escape, but that piece of the oppressor which is planted deep within each of us.
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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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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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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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Without community, there is no liberation.
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