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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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Afraid Beyond Myself Power Search Willing
Whenever the need for some pretense of communication arises, those who profit from our oppression call upon us to share our knowledge with them
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Arise Communication Knowledge Need Oppression Share
I am deliberate and afraid of nothing.
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The oppression of women knows no ethnic nor racial boundaries, true, but that does not mean it is identical within those boundaries.
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Anger is loaded with information and energy.
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Angry Energy Information
I want to live the rest of my life, however long or short, with as much sweetness as I can decently manage, loving all the people I love, and doing as much as I can of the work I still have to do.
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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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For women, then, poetry is not a luxury. It is a vital necessity of our existence.
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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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I am bleak heroism of words that refuse to be buried alive with the liars.
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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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Act Care Indulgence Myself Politics Preservation War
In our work and in our living, we must recognize that difference is a reason for celebration and growth, rather than a reason for destruction.
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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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I learned so much from listening to people. And all I knew was, the only thing I had was honesty and openness.
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It’s a struggle but that’s why we exist, so that another generation of Lesbians of color will not have to invent themselves, or their history, all over again.
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Colour Existence Generation History Lesbian Struggle
My experience with people who tried to label me was that they usually did it to either dismiss me or use me.
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To that piece in each of us that refuses to be silent.
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Pieces Refuse Silence
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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Empty Live Opposite Peace Spot Stars Women
Revolution is not a one time event.
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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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Encouragement Hard Time Inspirational Time Work
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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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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Afraid Feminism Important Powerful Service Strength Vision Women Empowerment
If they cannot love and resist at the same time, they probably will not survive.
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Love Probable Resistance Survival Time
Nothing I accept about myself can be used against me to diminish me.
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Acceptance Against Diminish Myself
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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Without community, there is no liberation.
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Community Liberty One Liner
Anger, used, does not destroy. Hatred does.
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Angry Destroy Hatred

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