Change is the immediate responsibility of each of us, wherever and however we are standing, in whatever arena we choose.
AUDRE LORDEMy experience with people who tried to label me was that they usually did it to either dismiss me or use me.
More Audre Lorde Quotes
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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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For women, then, poetry is not a luxury. It is a vital necessity of our existence.
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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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We are all more blind to what we have than to what we have not.
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If they cannot love and resist at the same time, they probably will not survive.
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Anger is loaded with information and energy.
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Your silence will not protect you.
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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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Women are powerful and dangerous.
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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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We recognize that all knowledge is mediated through the body and that feeling is a profound source of information about our lives.
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One pays a lot, we all pay a lot, for awareness.
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Dark-bright fire lit eyes.
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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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You are the one that you are looking for.
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