We have been raised to fear the yes within ourselves, our deepest cravings.
AUDRE LORDEWhat I most regretted were my silences. Of what had I ever been afraid?
More Audre Lorde Quotes
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Guilt and defensiveness are bricks in a wall against which we all flounder; they serve none of our futures.
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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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Hopefully, we can learn from the 60s that we cannot afford to do our enemies work by destroying each other.
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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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Dark-bright fire lit eyes.
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I remember how being young and Black and gay and lonely felt. A lot of it was fine, feeling I had the truth and the light and the key, but a lot of it was purely hell.
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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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Construct templates for possible futures, and focus our rage for change upon our enemies rather than upon each other.
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The master’s tools will never dismantle the master’s house.
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To that piece in each of us that refuses to be silent.
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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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Our visions begin with our desires.
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We must constantly encourage ourselves and each other to attempt the heretical actions that our dreams imply and so many of our old ideas disparage.
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You are the one that you are looking for.
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The oppression of women knows no ethnic nor racial boundaries, true, but that does not mean it is identical within those boundaries.
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