I am not free while any woman is unfree, even when her shackles are very different from my own.
AUDRE LORDEYou need to reach down and touch the thing that’s boiling inside of you and make it somehow useful.
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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We have been raised to fear the yes within ourselves, our deepest cravings.
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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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You are the one that you are looking for.
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What I most regretted were my silences. Of what had I ever been afraid?
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If they cannot love and resist at the same time, they probably will not survive.
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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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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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I wish to raise a Black man who will recognize that the legitimate objects of his hostility are not women, but the particulars of a structure that programs him to fear and despise women as well as his own Black self.
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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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Black and Third World people are expected to educate white people as to our humanity.
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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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We must wake up knowing we have work to do and go to bed knowing we’ve done it.
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The erotic has often been misnamed by men and used against women.
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You cannot use someone else’s fire. You can only use your own. And in order to do that, you must first be willing to believe that you have it.
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