What I most regretted were my silences. Of what had I ever been afraid?
AUDRE LORDEChange is the immediate responsibility of each of us, wherever and however we are standing, in whatever arena we choose.
More Audre Lorde Quotes
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It’s a struggle but that’s why we exist, so that another generation of Lesbians of color will not have to invent themselves, or their history, all over again.
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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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What woman here is so enamored of her own oppression that she cannot see her heel print upon another woman’s face?
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For women, then, poetry is not a luxury. It is a vital necessity of our existence.
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Our feelings are our most genuine paths to knowledge.
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Anger is loaded with information and energy.
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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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How hard it is to sleep in the middle of life.
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Hopefully, we can learn from the 60s that we cannot afford to do our enemies work by destroying each other.
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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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The learning process is something you can incite, literally incite, like a riot.
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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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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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You are the one that you are looking for.
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We have been raised to fear the yes within ourselves, our deepest cravings.
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