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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But the true feminist deals out of a lesbian consciousness whether or not she ever sleeps with women.
More Audre Lorde Quotes
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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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We are all in the process of becoming.
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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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I am not only a casualty, I am also a warrior.
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It does not pay to cherish symbols when the substance lies so close at hand.
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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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The erotic has often been misnamed by men and used against women.
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I wish to raise a Black man who will recognize that the legitimate objects of his hostility are not women, but the particulars of a structure that programs him to fear and despise women as well as his own Black self.
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Revolution is not a one time event.
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You are the one that you are looking for.
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The oppression of women knows no ethnic nor racial boundaries, true, but that does not mean it is identical within those boundaries.
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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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Our feelings are our most genuine paths to knowledge.
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A choice of pains. That’s what living was all about.
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Poetry is not only dream and vision; it is the skeleton architecture of our lives. It lays the foundations for a future of change, a bridge across our fears of what has never been before.
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