I started writing because I had a need inside of me to create something that was not there.
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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I have come to believe that caring for myself is not self-indulgent. Caring for myself is an act of survival.
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The true focus of revolutionary change is never merely the oppressive situations that we seek to escape, but that piece of the oppressor which is planted deep within each of us.
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Our visions begin with our desires.
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If I didn’t define myself for myself, I would be crunched into other people’s fantasies for me and eaten alive.
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To search for power within myself means I must be willing to move through being afraid to whatever lies beyond.
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Hopefully, we can learn from the 60s that we cannot afford to do our enemies work by destroying each other.
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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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Guilt and defensiveness are bricks in a wall against which we all flounder; they serve none of our futures.
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Some problems we share as women, some we do not.
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What I most regretted were my silences. Of what had I ever been afraid?
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When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.
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I believe one of the hardest things you can do is conquer your fears, but if you have a goal, then it’s your job to open up and let it be real no matter how scary it seems.
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Out of my flesh that hungers and my mouth that knows comes the shape I am seeking for reason.
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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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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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