A choice of pains. That’s what living was all about.
AUDRE LORDEWherever the bird with no feet flew, she found trees with no limbs.
More Audre Lorde Quotes
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In the recognition of loving lies the answer to despair.
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Sometimes we are blessed with being able to choose the time, and the arena, and the manner of our revolution, but more usually we must do battle where we are standing.
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Anger is loaded with information and energy.
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If they cannot love and resist at the same time, they probably will not survive.
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Dark-bright fire lit eyes.
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Oppression is as American as apple pie.
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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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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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But the true feminist deals out of a lesbian consciousness whether or not she ever sleeps with women.
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Some problems we share as women, some we do not.
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The learning process is something you can incite, literally incite, like a riot.
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How hard it is to sleep in the middle of life.
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I want to live the rest of my life, however long or short, with as much sweetness as I can decently manage, loving all the people I love, and doing as much as I can of the work I still have to do.
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We are powerful because we have survived, and that is what it is all about survival and growth.
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I have a duty to speak the truth as I see it and share not just my triumphs, not just the things that felt good, but the pain, the intense, often unmitigated pain. It is important to share how I know survival is survival and not just a walk throught the rain.
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