I learned so much from listening to people. And all I knew was, the only thing I had was honesty and openness.
AUDRE LORDEWhat I most regretted were my silences. Of what had I ever been afraid?
More Audre Lorde Quotes
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I am deliberate and afraid of nothing.
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Black and Third World people are expected to educate white people as to our humanity.
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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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Out of my flesh that hungers and my mouth that knows comes the shape I am seeking for reason.
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Some women wait for themselves around the next corner and call the empty spot peace but the opposite of living is only not living and the stars do not care
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Nothing I accept about myself can be used against me to diminish me.
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Dark-bright fire lit eyes.
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Anger is loaded with information and energy.
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I wish to raise a Black man who will not be destroyed by, nor settle for, those corruptions called power by the white fathers who mean his destruction as surely as they mean mine.
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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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If I didn’t define myself for myself, I would be crunched into other people’s fantasies for me and eaten alive.
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If they cannot love and resist at the same time, they probably will not survive.
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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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I have been woman for a long time beware my smile I am treacherous with old magic.
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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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