I am bleak heroism of words that refuse to be buried alive with the liars.
AUDRE LORDEI am not only a casualty, I am also a warrior.
More Audre Lorde Quotes
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Life is very short and what we have to do must be done in the now.
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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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You cannot use someone else’s fire. You can only use your own. And in order to do that, you must first be willing to believe that you have it.
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I am still learning – how to take joy in all the people I am, how to use all my selves in the service of what I believe, how to accept when I fail and rejoice when I succeed.
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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 must wake up knowing we have work to do and go to bed knowing we’ve done it.
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Women are powerful and dangerous.
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Each time you love, love as deeply as if it were forever.
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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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We do not have to romanticize our past in order to be aware of how it seeds our present.
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Black and Third World people are expected to educate white people as to our humanity.
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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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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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There is no thing as a single-issue struggle because we do not live single-issue lives.
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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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