But the true feminist deals out of a lesbian consciousness whether or not she ever sleeps with women.
AUDRE LORDEI have died too many deaths that were not mine.
More Audre Lorde Quotes
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I am not only a casualty, I am also a warrior.
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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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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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Revolution is not a one time event.
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Oppression is as American as apple pie.
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In our work and in our living, we must recognize that difference is a reason for celebration and growth, rather than a reason for destruction.
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I have come to believe over and over again that what is most important to me must be spoken, made verbal and shared, even at the risk of having it bruised or misunderstood.
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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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I am a Black, Lesbian, Feminist, Warrior, Poet, Mother – stronger for all my identities, and I am indivisible.
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Your silence will not protect you.
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It does not pay to cherish symbols when the substance lies so close at hand.
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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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How hard it is to sleep in the middle of life.
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A choice of pains. That’s what living was all about.
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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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