Unless one lives and loves in the trenches, it is difficult to remember that the war against dehumanization is ceaseless.
AUDRE LORDEI 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.
More Audre Lorde Quotes
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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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There are no new ideas. There are only new ways of making them felt.
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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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Oppressors always expect the oppressed to extend to them the understanding so lacking in themselves.
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We have been raised to fear the yes within ourselves, our deepest cravings.
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A choice of pains. That’s what living was all about.
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Out of my flesh that hungers and my mouth that knows comes the shape I am seeking for reason.
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I started writing because I had a need inside of me to create something that was not there.
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If they cannot love and resist at the same time, they probably will not survive.
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We are powerful because we have survived, and that is what it is all about survival and growth.
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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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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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When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.
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The transformation of silence into language and action is an act of self-revelation .
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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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