Change is the immediate responsibility of each of us, wherever and however we are standing, in whatever arena we choose.
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What I most regretted were my silences. Of what had I ever been afraid?
More Audre Lorde Quotes
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It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences.
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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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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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For each of us as women, there is a dark place within, where hidden and growing our true spirit rises, beautiful and tough as chestnut stanchions against our nightmare of weakness.
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A choice of pains. That’s what living was all about.
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The transformation of silence into language and action is an act of self-revelation .
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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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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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Unless one lives and loves in the trenches, it is difficult to remember that the war against dehumanization is ceaseless.
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I have died too many deaths that were not mine.
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For women, then, poetry is not a luxury. It is a vital necessity of our existence.
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The erotic is a measure between the beginnings of our sense of self and the chaos of our strongest feelings.
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