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.
AUDRE LORDENothing I accept about myself can be used against me to diminish me.
More Audre Lorde Quotes
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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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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 started writing because I had a need inside of me to create something that was not there.
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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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Institutionalized rejection of difference is an absolute necessity in a profit economy which needs outsiders as surplus people.
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What you hear in my voice is fury, not suffering. Anger, not moral authority.
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You need to reach down and touch the thing that’s boiling inside of you and make it somehow useful.
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Women are powerful and dangerous.
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The transformation of silence into language and action is an act of self-revelation .
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For women, then, poetry is not a luxury. It is a vital necessity of our existence.
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It does not pay to cherish symbols when the substance lies so close at hand.
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There are no new ideas. There are only new ways of making them felt.
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When you reach out and touch other human beings, it doesn’t matter whether you call it therapy or teaching or poetry.
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The master’s tools will never dismantle the master’s house.
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I am deliberate and afraid of nothing.
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