I wish to raise a Black man who will not be destroyed by, nor settle for, those corruptions called power by the white fathers who mean his destruction as surely as they mean mine.
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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Each time you love, love as deeply as if it were forever.
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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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For women, then, poetry is not a luxury. It is a vital necessity of our existence.
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There are no new ideas. There are only new ways of making them felt.
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We have to consciously study how to be tender with each other until it becomes a habit because what was native has been stolen from us, the love of Black women for each other.
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We recognize that all knowledge is mediated through the body and that feeling is a profound source of information about our lives.
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Some women wait for themselves around the next corner and call the empty spot peace but the opposite of living is only not living and the stars do not care
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We are powerful because we have survived, and that is what it is all about survival and growth.
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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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Oppression is as American as apple pie.
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In the recognition of loving lies the answer to despair.
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Construct templates for possible futures, and focus our rage for change upon our enemies rather than upon each other.
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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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When times are hard, do something. If it works, do it some more. If it does not work, do something else. But keep going.
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I find I am constantly being encouraged to pluck out some one aspect of myself and present this as the meaningful whole, eclipsing or denying the other parts of self.
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