Whenever the need for some pretense of communication arises, those who profit from our oppression call upon us to share our knowledge with them
AUDRE LORDEI have been woman for a long time beware my smile I am treacherous with old magic.
More Audre Lorde Quotes
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We are all more blind to what we have than to what we have not.
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Nothing I accept about myself can be used against me to diminish me.
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Wherever the bird with no feet flew, she found trees with no limbs.
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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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The master’s tools will never dismantle the master’s house.
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The erotic has often been misnamed by men and used against women.
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Sometimes we are blessed with being able to choose the time, and the arena, and the manner of our revolution, but more usually we must do battle where we are standing.
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What you hear in my voice is fury, not suffering. Anger, not moral authority.
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Anger, used, does not destroy. Hatred does.
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To that piece in each of us that refuses to be silent.
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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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It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences.
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Unless one lives and loves in the trenches, it is difficult to remember that the war against dehumanization is ceaseless.
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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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What I most regretted were my silences. Of what had I ever been afraid?
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