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Revolution is not a one time event.

Audre Lorde

What I most regretted were my silences. Of what had I ever been afraid?
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Afraid Regret Silence Women
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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Decent Life Live Love Management People Sweet Want Work
One pays a lot, we all pay a lot, for awareness.
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Aware Pay
When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.
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Afraid Feminism Important Powerful Service Strength Vision Women Empowerment
Revolution is not a one time event.
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Event One Liner Revolution Time
Black and Third World people are expected to educate white people as to our humanity.
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Black Lives Matter Education Expectation Human People World
I have a duty to speak the truth as I see it and share not just my triumphs, not just the things that felt good, but the pain, the intense, often unmitigated pain. It is important to share how I know survival is survival and not just a walk throught the rain.
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Duty Important Intense Pain Rain Speak Survival Truimph Truth
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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Honesty Learning Listen People
Institutionalized rejection of difference is an absolute necessity in a profit economy which needs outsiders as surplus people.
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Absolute Difference Economics Institution Necessary Outside People Profit Rejection
The learning process is something you can incite, literally incite, like a riot.
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Incite Learning Process Riot
What woman here is so enamored of her own oppression that she cannot see her heel print upon another woman’s face?
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Face Oppression Woman
Each time you love, love as deeply as if it were forever.
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Anniversary Couple Forever Love Time Valentine
I started writing because I had a need inside of me to create something that was not there.
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Creation Need Start Writing
In the recognition of loving lies the answer to despair.
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Despair Love Lying Recognize
Our feelings are our most genuine paths to knowledge.
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Emotion Feeling Genuine Knowledge Path
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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Beautiful Darkness Growth Hide Night Place Rise Spirit Weakness Women

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