What I most regretted were my silences. Of what had I ever been afraid?
AUDRE LORDEWhat I most regretted were my silences. Of what had I ever been afraid?
More Audre Lorde Quotes
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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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We must wake up knowing we have work to do and go to bed knowing we’ve done it.
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Oppressors always expect the oppressed to extend to them the understanding so lacking in themselves.
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If I cannot air this pain and alter it, I will surely die of it. That’s the beginning of social protest.
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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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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 we speak we are afraid our words will not be heard or welcomed. But when we are silent, we are still afraid. So it is better to speak.
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I am bleak heroism of words that refuse to be buried alive with the liars.
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Our visions begin with our desires.
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The Seventh Sense – Women who build nations learn to love men who build nations learn to love children building sand castles by the rising sea.
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Without community, there is no liberation.
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What you hear in my voice is fury, not suffering. Anger, not moral authority.
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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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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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The master’s tools will never dismantle the master’s house.
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