I have come to believe that caring for myself is not self-indulgent. Caring for myself is an act of survival.
AUDRE LORDELife is very short and what we have to do must be done in the now.
More Audre Lorde Quotes
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Guilt and defensiveness are bricks in a wall against which we all flounder; they serve none of our futures.
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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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For women, then, poetry is not a luxury. It is a vital necessity of our existence.
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In the recognition of loving lies the answer to despair.
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I have been woman for a long time beware my smile I am treacherous with old magic.
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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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The Seventh Sense – Women who build nations learn to love men who build nations learn to love children building sand castles by the rising sea.
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But the true feminist deals out of a lesbian consciousness whether or not she ever sleeps with women.
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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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Unless one lives and loves in the trenches, it is difficult to remember that the war against dehumanization is ceaseless.
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I am bleak heroism of words that refuse to be buried alive with the liars.
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Revolution is not a one time event.
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Anger is loaded with information and energy.
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Anger, used, does not destroy. Hatred does.
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The master’s tools will never dismantle the master’s house.
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