I am deliberate and afraid of nothing.
AUDRE LORDEWherever the bird with no feet flew, she found trees with no limbs.
More Audre Lorde Quotes
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Oppression is as American as apple pie.
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Our visions begin with our desires.
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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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Women are powerful and dangerous.
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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 are no new ideas. There are only new ways of making them felt.
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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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It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences.
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The transformation of silence into language and action is an act of self-revelation .
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For women, then, poetry is not a luxury. It is a vital necessity of our existence.
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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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If I cannot air this pain and alter it, I will surely die of it. That’s the beginning of social protest.
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Out of my flesh that hungers and my mouth that knows comes the shape I am seeking for reason.
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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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I find I am constantly being encouraged to pluck out some one aspect of myself and present this as the meaningful whole, eclipsing or denying the other parts of self.
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