Anger, used, does not destroy. Hatred does.
AUDRE LORDEThe true focus of revolutionary change is never merely the oppressive situations that we seek to escape, but that piece of the oppressor which is planted deep within each of us.
More Audre Lorde Quotes
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In the recognition of loving lies the answer to despair.
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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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Construct templates for possible futures, and focus our rage for change upon our enemies rather than upon each other.
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Poetry is not only dream and vision; it is the skeleton architecture of our lives. It lays the foundations for a future of change, a bridge across our fears of what has never been before.
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We are all more blind to what we have than to what we have not.
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The master’s tools will never dismantle the master’s house.
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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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We recognize that all knowledge is mediated through the body and that feeling is a profound source of information about our lives.
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Dark-bright fire lit eyes.
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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 have come to believe that caring for myself is not self-indulgent. Caring for myself is an act of survival.
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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 do not have to romanticize our past in order to be aware of how it seeds our present.
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The erotic has often been misnamed by men and used against women.
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Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare.
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