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.
AUDRE LORDEYour silence will not protect you.
More Audre Lorde Quotes
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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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It does not pay to cherish symbols when the substance lies so close at hand.
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To that piece in each of us that refuses to be silent.
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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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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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We are powerful because we have survived, and that is what it is all about survival and growth.
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I am not free while any woman is unfree, even when her shackles are very different from my own.
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The true focus of revolutionary change is never merely the oppressive situations that we seek to escape, but that piece of the oppressor which is planted deep within each of us.
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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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We are all more blind to what we have than to what we have not.
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The erotic has often been misnamed by men and used against women.
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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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Dark-bright fire lit eyes.
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How hard it is to sleep in the middle of life.
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The master’s tools will never dismantle the master’s house.
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