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.
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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For women, then, poetry is not a luxury. It is a vital necessity of our existence.
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Your silence will not protect you.
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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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When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.
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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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Nothing I accept about myself can be used against me to diminish me.
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Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare.
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You need to reach down and touch the thing that’s boiling inside of you and make it somehow useful.
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Our visions begin with our desires.
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We have been raised to fear the yes within ourselves, our deepest cravings.
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I am bleak heroism of words that refuse to be buried alive with the liars.
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When you reach out and touch other human beings, it doesn’t matter whether you call it therapy or teaching or poetry.
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If they cannot love and resist at the same time, they probably will not survive.
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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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Tomorrow belongs to those of us who conceive of it as belonging to everyone; who lend the best of ourselves to it, and with joy.
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