Guilt and defensiveness are bricks in a wall against which we all flounder; they serve none of our futures.
AUDRE LORDEA choice of pains. That’s what living was all about.
More Audre Lorde Quotes
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What you hear in my voice is fury, not suffering. Anger, not moral authority.
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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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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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The erotic is a measure between the beginnings of our sense of self and the chaos of our strongest feelings.
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The more I use my strength in the service of my vision the less I am afraid.
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To search for power within myself means I must be willing to move through being afraid to whatever lies beyond.
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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 have died too many deaths that were not mine.
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The true focus of revolutionary change is never merely the oppressive situations that we seek to escape, but that piece of the oppressor which is planted deep within each of us.
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A choice of pains. That’s what living was all about.
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Anger, used, does not destroy. Hatred does.
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For each of us as women, there is a dark place within, where hidden and growing our true spirit rises, beautiful and tough as chestnut stanchions against our nightmare of weakness.
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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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Some women wait for themselves around the next corner and call the empty spot peace but the opposite of living is only not living and the stars do not care
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