I am bleak heroism of words that refuse to be buried alive with the liars.
AUDRE LORDEWhen you reach out and touch other human beings, it doesn’t matter whether you call it therapy or teaching or poetry.
More Audre Lorde Quotes
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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 am a Black, Lesbian, Feminist, Warrior, Poet, Mother – stronger for all my identities, and I am indivisible.
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I am not only a casualty, I am also a warrior.
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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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Your silence will not protect you.
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We are all more blind to what we have than to what we have not.
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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 are powerful because we have survived, and that is what it is all about survival and growth.
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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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But the true feminist deals out of a lesbian consciousness whether or not she ever sleeps with women.
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We must constantly encourage ourselves and each other to attempt the heretical actions that our dreams imply and so many of our old ideas disparage.
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If I cannot air this pain and alter it, I will surely die of it. That’s the beginning of social protest.
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Unless one lives and loves in the trenches, it is difficult to remember that the war against dehumanization is ceaseless.
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I am deliberate and afraid of nothing.
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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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