I have come to believe that caring for myself is not self-indulgent. Caring for myself is an act of survival.
AUDRE LORDEYour silence will not protect you.
More Audre Lorde Quotes
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For each of us as women, there is a dark place within, where hidden and growing our true spirit rises, beautiful and tough as chestnut stanchions against our nightmare of weakness.
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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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Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare.
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I am not only a casualty, I am also a warrior.
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Out of my flesh that hungers and my mouth that knows comes the shape I am seeking for reason.
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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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Change is the immediate responsibility of each of us, wherever and however we are standing, in whatever arena we choose.
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We are all more blind to what we have than to what we have not.
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There are no new ideas. There are only new ways of making them felt.
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I am a Black, Lesbian, Feminist, Warrior, Poet, Mother – stronger for all my identities, and I am indivisible.
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Women are powerful and dangerous.
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It’s a struggle but that’s why we exist, so that another generation of Lesbians of color will not have to invent themselves, or their history, all over again.
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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 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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The erotic is a measure between the beginnings of our sense of self and the chaos of our strongest feelings.
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