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.
AUDRE LORDEDivide and conquer must become define and empower.
More Audre Lorde Quotes
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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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Whenever the need for some pretense of communication arises, those who profit from our oppression call upon us to share our knowledge with them
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Some problems we share as women, some we do not.
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Life is very short and what we have to do must be done in the now.
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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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I have come to believe that caring for myself is not self-indulgent. Caring for myself is an act of survival.
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What woman here is so enamored of her own oppression that she cannot see her heel print upon another woman’s face?
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If they cannot love and resist at the same time, they probably will not survive.
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Our visions begin with our desires.
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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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Anger is loaded with information and energy.
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I am not only a casualty, I am also a warrior.
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Construct templates for possible futures, and focus our rage for change upon our enemies rather than upon each other.
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In the recognition of loving lies the answer to despair.
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A choice of pains. That’s what living was all about.
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