I have been woman for a long time beware my smile I am treacherous with old magic.
AUDRE LORDEI have died too many deaths that were not mine.
More Audre Lorde Quotes
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The more I use my strength in the service of my vision the less I am afraid.
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I have died too many deaths that were not mine.
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To search for power within myself means I must be willing to move through being afraid to whatever lies beyond.
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Life is very short and what we have to do must be done in the now.
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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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Oppression is as American as apple pie.
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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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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 transformation of silence into language and action is an act of self-revelation .
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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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We have been raised to fear the yes within ourselves, our deepest cravings.
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We are all in the process of becoming.
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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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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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Each time you love, love as deeply as if it were forever.
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