It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences.
AUDRE LORDEI 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.
More Audre Lorde Quotes
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But the true feminist deals out of a lesbian consciousness whether or not she ever sleeps with women.
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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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You cannot use someone else’s fire. You can only use your own. And in order to do that, you must first be willing to believe that you have it.
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Black and Third World people are expected to educate white people as to our humanity.
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Our feelings are our most genuine paths to knowledge.
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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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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 have died too many deaths that were not mine.
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Anger is loaded with information and energy.
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We are all more blind to what we have than to what we have not.
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The erotic has often been misnamed by men and used against women.
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What I most regretted were my silences. Of what had I ever been 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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We have to consciously study how to be tender with each other until it becomes a habit because what was native has been stolen from us, the love of Black women for each other.
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What woman here is so enamored of her own oppression that she cannot see her heel print upon another woman’s face?
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