If I didn’t define myself for myself, I would be crunched into other people’s fantasies for me and eaten alive.
AUDRE LORDETo search for power within myself means I must be willing to move through being afraid to whatever lies beyond.
More Audre Lorde Quotes
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We are all in the process of becoming.
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To that piece in each of us that refuses to be silent.
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There is no thing as a single-issue struggle because we do not live single-issue lives.
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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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We are powerful because we have survived, and that is what it is all about survival and growth.
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My experience with people who tried to label me was that they usually did it to either dismiss me or use me.
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Guilt is not a response to anger; it is a response to one’s own actions or lack of action.
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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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Divide and conquer must become define and empower.
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I have died too many deaths that were not mine.
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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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Some problems we share as women, some we do not.
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It does not pay to cherish symbols when the substance lies so close at hand.
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Tomorrow belongs to those of us who conceive of it as belonging to everyone; who lend the best of ourselves to it, and with joy.
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Each time you love, love as deeply as if it were forever.
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