I am bleak heroism of words that refuse to be buried alive with the liars.
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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Some problems we share as women, some we do not.
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The learning process is something you can incite, literally incite, like a riot.
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If I cannot air this pain and alter it, I will surely die of it. That’s the beginning of social protest.
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Change is the immediate responsibility of each of us, wherever and however we are standing, in whatever arena we choose.
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One pays a lot, we all pay a lot, for awareness.
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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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It does not pay to cherish symbols when the substance lies so close at hand.
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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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Divide and conquer must become define and empower.
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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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But the true feminist deals out of a lesbian consciousness whether or not she ever sleeps with women.
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The erotic has often been misnamed by men and used against women.
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We have to consciously study how to be tender with each other until it becomes a habit because what was native has been stolen from us, the love of Black women for each other.
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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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Revolution is not a one time event.
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