Revolution is not a one time event.
AUDRE LORDEIf I cannot air this pain and alter it, I will surely die of it. That’s the beginning of social protest.
More Audre Lorde Quotes
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For women, then, poetry is not a luxury. It is a vital necessity of our existence.
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I have died too many deaths that were not mine.
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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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The transformation of silence into language and action is an act of self-revelation .
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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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How hard it is to sleep in the middle of life.
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Black and Third World people are expected to educate white people as to our humanity.
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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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I learned so much from listening to people. And all I knew was, the only thing I had was honesty and openness.
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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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The learning process is something you can incite, literally incite, like a riot.
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Anger is loaded with information and energy.
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We are powerful because we have survived, and that is what it is all about survival and growth.
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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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We must constantly encourage ourselves and each other to attempt the heretical actions that our dreams imply and so many of our old ideas disparage.
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