Unless one lives and loves in the trenches, it is difficult to remember that the war against dehumanization is ceaseless.
AUDRE LORDEWe must constantly encourage ourselves and each other to attempt the heretical actions that our dreams imply and so many of our old ideas disparage.
More Audre Lorde Quotes
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Tomorrow belongs to those of us who conceive of it as belonging to everyone; who lend the best of ourselves to it, and with joy.
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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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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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I remember how being young and Black and gay and lonely felt. A lot of it was fine, feeling I had the truth and the light and the key, but a lot of it was purely hell.
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In the recognition of loving lies the answer to despair.
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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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The learning process is something you can incite, literally incite, like a riot.
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Institutionalized rejection of difference is an absolute necessity in a profit economy which needs outsiders as surplus people.
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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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The more I use my strength in the service of my vision the less I am afraid.
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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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For women, then, poetry is not a luxury. It is a vital necessity of our existence.
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If they cannot love and resist at the same time, they probably will not survive.
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Our feelings are our most genuine paths to knowledge.
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Black and Third World people are expected to educate white people as to our humanity.
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