Out of my flesh that hungers and my mouth that knows comes the shape I am seeking for reason.
AUDRE LORDEOur feelings are our most genuine paths to knowledge.
More Audre Lorde Quotes
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It does not pay to cherish symbols when the substance lies so close at hand.
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The Seventh Sense – Women who build nations learn to love men who build nations learn to love children building sand castles by the rising sea.
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Guilt is not a response to anger; it is a response to one’s own actions or lack of action.
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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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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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If they cannot love and resist at the same time, they probably will not survive.
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Your silence will not protect you.
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Our visions begin with our desires.
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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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Some problems we share as women, some we do not.
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In our work and in our living, we must recognize that difference is a reason for celebration and growth, rather than a reason for destruction.
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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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We are all in the process of becoming.
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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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Unless one lives and loves in the trenches, it is difficult to remember that the war against dehumanization is ceaseless.
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