When times are hard, do something. If it works, do it some more. If it does not work, do something else. But keep going.
AUDRE LORDEWhenever the need for some pretense of communication arises, those who profit from our oppression call upon us to share our knowledge with them
More Audre Lorde Quotes
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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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In the recognition of loving lies the answer to despair.
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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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Life is very short and what we have to do must be done in the now.
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If they cannot love and resist at the same time, they probably will not survive.
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How hard it is to sleep in the middle of life.
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I am not only a casualty, I am also a warrior.
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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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I am bleak heroism of words that refuse to be buried alive with the liars.
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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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The more I use my strength in the service of my vision the less I am afraid.
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Anger, used, does not destroy. Hatred does.
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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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What you hear in my voice is fury, not suffering. Anger, not moral authority.
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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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