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.
AUDRE LORDEOppression is as American as apple pie.
More Audre Lorde Quotes
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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 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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Guilt and defensiveness are bricks in a wall against which we all flounder; they serve none of our futures.
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But the true feminist deals out of a lesbian consciousness whether or not she ever sleeps with women.
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Our visions begin with our desires.
AUDRE LORDEOur visions begin with our desires.
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I have died too many deaths that were not mine.
AUDRE LORDEI have died too many deaths that were not mine.
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Hopefully, we can learn from the 60s that we cannot afford to do our enemies work by destroying each other.
AUDRE LORDEHopefully, we can learn from the 60s that we cannot afford to do our enemies work by destroying each other.
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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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Poetry is not only dream and vision; it is the skeleton architecture of our lives. It lays the foundations for a future of change, a bridge across our fears of what has never been before.
AUDRE LORDEPoetry is not only dream and vision; it is the skeleton architecture of our lives. It lays the foundations for a future of change, a bridge across our fears of what has never been before.
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If they cannot love and resist at the same time, they probably will not survive.
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A choice of pains. That’s what living was all about.
AUDRE LORDEA choice of pains. That’s what living was all about.
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Oppression is as American as apple pie.
AUDRE LORDEOppression is as American as apple pie.
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Some problems we share as women, some we do not.
AUDRE LORDESome problems we share as women, some we do not.
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One pays a lot, we all pay a lot, for awareness.
AUDRE LORDEOne pays a lot, we all pay a lot, for awareness.
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Tomorrow belongs to those of us who conceive of it as belonging to everyone; who lend the best of ourselves to it, and with joy.
AUDRE LORDETomorrow belongs to those of us who conceive of it as belonging to everyone; who lend the best of ourselves to it, and with joy.
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I am not only a casualty, I am also a warrior.
AUDRE LORDEI am not only a casualty, I am also a warrior.
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