But the true feminist deals out of a lesbian consciousness whether or not she ever sleeps with women.
AUDRE LORDESometimes we are blessed with being able to choose the time, and the arena, and the manner of our revolution, but more usually we must do battle where we are standing.
More Audre Lorde Quotes
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Divide and conquer must become define and empower.
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Revolution is not a one time event.
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Oppressors always expect the oppressed to extend to them the understanding so lacking in themselves.
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We are all more blind to what we have than to what we have not.
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We have been raised to fear the yes within ourselves, our deepest cravings.
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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 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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Hopefully, we can learn from the 60s that we cannot afford to do our enemies work by destroying each other.
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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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Wherever the bird with no feet flew, she found trees with no limbs.
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A choice of pains. That’s what living was all about.
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Without community, there is no liberation.
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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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It does not pay to cherish symbols when the substance lies so close at hand.
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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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