I remember how being young and Black and gay and lonely felt. A lot of it was fine, feeling I had the truth and the light and the key, but a lot of it was purely hell.
AUDRE LORDEA choice of pains. That’s what living was all about.
More Audre Lorde Quotes
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Life is very short and what we have to do must be done in the now.
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I am a Black, Lesbian, Feminist, Warrior, Poet, Mother – stronger for all my identities, and I am indivisible.
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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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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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A choice of pains. That’s what living was all about.
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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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The transformation of silence into language and action is an act of self-revelation .
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We are all more blind to what we have than to what we have not.
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I am deliberate and afraid of nothing.
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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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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.
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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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Revolution is not a one time event.
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Nothing I accept about myself can be used against me to diminish me.
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