I wish to raise a Black man who will not be destroyed by, nor settle for, those corruptions called power by the white fathers who mean his destruction as surely as they mean mine.
AUDRE LORDEEach time you love, love as deeply as if it were forever.
More Audre Lorde Quotes
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If I didn’t define myself for myself, I would be crunched into other people’s fantasies for me and eaten alive.
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Some problems we share as women, some we do not.
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I started writing because I had a need inside of me to create something that was not there.
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Institutionalized rejection of difference is an absolute necessity in a profit economy which needs outsiders as surplus people.
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For women, then, poetry is not a luxury. It is a vital necessity of our existence.
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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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I am a Black, Lesbian, Feminist, Warrior, Poet, Mother – stronger for all my identities, and I am indivisible.
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Unless one lives and loves in the trenches, it is difficult to remember that the war against dehumanization is ceaseless.
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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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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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There are no new ideas. There are only new ways of making them felt.
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Life is very short and what we have to do must be done in the now.
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We have been raised to fear the yes within ourselves, our deepest cravings.
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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.
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Our visions begin with our desires.
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