I am bleak heroism of words that refuse to be buried alive with the liars.
AUDRE LORDEGuilt is not a response to anger; it is a response to one’s own actions or lack of action.
More Audre Lorde Quotes
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To that piece in each of us that refuses to be silent.
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There are no new ideas. There are only new ways of making them felt.
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I am not free while any woman is unfree, even when her shackles are very different from my own.
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Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare.
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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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One pays a lot, we all pay a lot, for awareness.
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I am deliberate and afraid of nothing.
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When times are hard, do something. If it works, do it some more. If it does not work, do something else. But keep going.
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It does not pay to cherish symbols when the substance lies so close at hand.
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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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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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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 I cannot air this pain and alter it, I will surely die of it. That’s the beginning of social protest.
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I have a duty to speak the truth as I see it and share not just my triumphs, not just the things that felt good, but the pain, the intense, often unmitigated pain. It is important to share how I know survival is survival and not just a walk throught the rain.
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