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.
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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Hopefully, we can learn from the 60s that we cannot afford to do our enemies work by destroying each other.
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For women, then, poetry is not a luxury. It is a vital necessity of our existence.
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A choice of pains. That’s what living was all about.
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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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Each time you love, love as deeply as if it were forever.
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I find I am constantly being encouraged to pluck out some one aspect of myself and present this as the meaningful whole, eclipsing or denying the other parts of self.
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When times are hard, do something. If it works, do it some more. If it does not work, do something else. But keep going.
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Without community, there is no liberation.
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You cannot use someone else’s fire. You can only use your own. And in order to do that, you must first be willing to believe that you have it.
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Pain is important: how we evade it, how we succumb to it, how we deal with it, how we transcend it.
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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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I started writing because I had a need inside of me to create something that was not there.
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To search for power within myself means I must be willing to move through being afraid to whatever lies beyond.
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Our visions begin with our desires.
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Revolution is not a one time event.
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