We must wake up knowing we have work to do and go to bed knowing we’ve done it.
AUDRE LORDEI am a Black, Lesbian, Feminist, Warrior, Poet, Mother – stronger for all my identities, and I am indivisible.
More Audre Lorde Quotes
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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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In our work and in our living, we must recognize that difference is a reason for celebration and growth, rather than a reason for destruction.
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The more I use my strength in the service of my vision the less I am afraid.
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What I most regretted were my silences. Of what had I ever been afraid?
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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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Revolution is not a one time event.
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Dark-bright fire lit eyes.
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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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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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We are all more blind to what we have than to what we have not.
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Each time you love, love as deeply as if it were forever.
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What you hear in my voice is fury, not suffering. Anger, not moral authority.
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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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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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We have been raised to fear the yes within ourselves, our deepest cravings.
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