The erotic has often been misnamed by men and used against women.
AUDRE LORDERevolution is not a one time event.
More Audre Lorde Quotes
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Our visions begin with our desires.
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Anger, used, does not destroy. Hatred does.
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I have come to believe over and over again that what is most important to me must be spoken, made verbal and shared, even at the risk of having it bruised or misunderstood.
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When we speak we are afraid our words will not be heard or welcomed. But when we are silent, we are still afraid. So it is better to speak.
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I am bleak heroism of words that refuse to be buried alive with the liars.
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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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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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Your silence will not protect you.
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Pain is important: how we evade it, how we succumb to it, how we deal with it, how we transcend it.
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We recognize that all knowledge is mediated through the body and that feeling is a profound source of information about our lives.
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We must constantly encourage ourselves and each other to attempt the heretical actions that our dreams imply and so many of our old ideas disparage.
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If they cannot love and resist at the same time, they probably will not survive.
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To that piece in each of us that refuses to be silent.
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One pays a lot, we all pay a lot, for awareness.
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I am deliberate and afraid of nothing.
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