The erotic is a measure between the beginnings of our sense of self and the chaos of our strongest feelings.
AUDRE LORDEWe must wake up knowing we have work to do and go to bed knowing we’ve done it.
More Audre Lorde Quotes
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I have been woman for a long time beware my smile I am treacherous with old magic.
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The transformation of silence into language and action is an act of self-revelation .
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For each of us as women, there is a dark place within, where hidden and growing our true spirit rises, beautiful and tough as chestnut stanchions against our nightmare of weakness.
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Oppressors always expect the oppressed to extend to them the understanding so lacking in themselves.
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In the recognition of loving lies the answer to despair.
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Whenever the need for some pretense of communication arises, those who profit from our oppression call upon us to share our knowledge with them
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I am bleak heroism of words that refuse to be buried alive with the liars.
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Change is the immediate responsibility of each of us, wherever and however we are standing, in whatever arena we choose.
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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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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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Wherever the bird with no feet flew, she found trees with no limbs.
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Without community, there is no liberation.
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Our visions begin with our desires.
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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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I am a Black, Lesbian, Feminist, Warrior, Poet, Mother – stronger for all my identities, and I am indivisible.
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