We are powerful because we have survived, and that is what it is all about survival and growth.
AUDRE LORDECaring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare.
More Audre Lorde Quotes
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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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Oppression is as American as apple pie.
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Women are powerful and dangerous.
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Without community, there is no liberation.
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I am bleak heroism of words that refuse to be buried alive with the liars.
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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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I am not free while any woman is unfree, even when her shackles are very different from my own.
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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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I am deliberate and afraid of nothing.
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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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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 are all in the process of becoming.
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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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Dark-bright fire lit eyes.
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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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