The erotic is a measure between the beginnings of our sense of self and the chaos of our strongest feelings.
AUDRE LORDEPain is important: how we evade it, how we succumb to it, how we deal with it, how we transcend it.
More Audre Lorde Quotes
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Your silence will not protect you.
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We do not have to romanticize our past in order to be aware of how it seeds our present.
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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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It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences.
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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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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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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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I have been woman for a long time beware my smile I am treacherous with old magic.
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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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Guilt is not a response to anger; it is a response to one’s own actions or lack of action.
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Anger is loaded with information and energy.
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Without community, there is no liberation.
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Some problems we share as women, some we do not.
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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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