I am not free while any woman is unfree, even when her shackles are very different from my own.
AUDRE LORDEOur visions begin with our desires.
More Audre Lorde Quotes
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Whenever the need for some pretense of communication arises, those who profit from our oppression call upon us to share our knowledge with them
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Anger is loaded with information and energy.
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We recognize that all knowledge is mediated through the body and that feeling is a profound source of information about our lives.
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Without community, there is no liberation.
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There are no new ideas. There are only new ways of making them felt.
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The oppression of women knows no ethnic nor racial boundaries, true, but that does not mean it is identical within those boundaries.
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I am still learning – how to take joy in all the people I am, how to use all my selves in the service of what I believe, how to accept when I fail and rejoice when I succeed.
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I learned so much from listening to people. And all I knew was, the only thing I had was honesty and openness.
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Our visions begin with our desires.
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Construct templates for possible futures, and focus our rage for change upon our enemies rather than upon each other.
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A choice of pains. That’s what living was all about.
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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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When we speak we are afraid our words will not be heard or welcomed. But when we are silent, we are still afraid. So it is better to speak.
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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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I am not only a casualty, I am also a warrior.
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