For women, then, poetry is not a luxury. It is a vital necessity of our existence.
AUDRE LORDENothing I accept about myself can be used against me to diminish me.
More Audre Lorde Quotes
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Women are powerful and dangerous.
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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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It’s a struggle but that’s why we exist, so that another generation of Lesbians of color will not have to invent themselves, or their history, all over again.
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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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How hard it is to sleep in the middle of life.
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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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It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences.
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If they cannot love and resist at the same time, they probably will not survive.
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Your silence will not protect you.
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Construct templates for possible futures, and focus our rage for change upon our enemies rather than upon each other.
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We are all more blind to what we have than to what we have not.
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I am deliberate and afraid of nothing.
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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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I learned so much from listening to people. And all I knew was, the only thing I had was honesty and openness.
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A choice of pains. That’s what living was all about.
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