In the recognition of loving lies the answer to despair.
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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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.
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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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We have to consciously study how to be tender with each other until it becomes a habit because what was native has been stolen from us, the love of Black women for each other.
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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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The transformation of silence into language and action is an act of self-revelation .
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To search for power within myself means I must be willing to move through being afraid to whatever lies beyond.
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The Seventh Sense – Women who build nations learn to love men who build nations learn to love children building sand castles by the rising sea.
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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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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 been woman for a long time beware my smile I am treacherous with old magic.
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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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Each time you love, love as deeply as if it were forever.
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Some problems we share as women, some we do not.
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The master’s tools will never dismantle the master’s house.
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To that piece in each of us that refuses to be silent.
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