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.
AUDRE LORDEI 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.
More Audre Lorde Quotes
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We are all in the process of becoming.
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If they cannot love and resist at the same time, they probably will not survive.
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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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Your silence will not protect you.
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For each of us as women, there is a dark place within, where hidden and growing our true spirit rises, beautiful and tough as chestnut stanchions against our nightmare of weakness.
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Dark-bright fire lit eyes.
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We have been raised to fear the yes within ourselves, our deepest cravings.
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I find I am constantly being encouraged to pluck out some one aspect of myself and present this as the meaningful whole, eclipsing or denying the other parts of self.
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I am deliberate and afraid of nothing.
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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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I wish to raise a Black man who will recognize that the legitimate objects of his hostility are not women, but the particulars of a structure that programs him to fear and despise women as well as his own Black self.
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Divide and conquer must become define and empower.
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What I most regretted were my silences. Of what had I ever been afraid?
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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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To that piece in each of us that refuses to be silent.
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