How hard it is to sleep in the middle of life.
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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When you reach out and touch other human beings, it doesn’t matter whether you call it therapy or teaching or poetry.
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Some problems we share as women, some we do not.
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The erotic has often been misnamed by men and used against women.
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In the recognition of loving lies the answer to despair.
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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 are all more blind to what we have than to what we have not.
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I want to live the rest of my life, however long or short, with as much sweetness as I can decently manage, loving all the people I love, and doing as much as I can of the work I still have to do.
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Our feelings are our most genuine paths to knowledge.
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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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I believe one of the hardest things you can do is conquer your fears, but if you have a goal, then it’s your job to open up and let it be real no matter how scary it seems.
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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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If they cannot love and resist at the same time, they probably will not survive.
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Oppression is as American as apple pie.
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Anger, used, does not destroy. Hatred does.
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Our visions begin with our desires.
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