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.
AUDRE LORDEIt is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences.
More Audre Lorde Quotes
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One pays a lot, we all pay a lot, for awareness.
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Oppression is as American as apple pie.
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We must wake up knowing we have work to do and go to bed knowing we’ve done it.
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To that piece in each of us that refuses to be silent.
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I am still learning – how to take joy in all the people I am, how to use all my selves in the service of what I believe, how to accept when I fail and rejoice when I succeed.
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I have died too many deaths that were not mine.
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What woman here is so enamored of her own oppression that she cannot see her heel print upon another woman’s face?
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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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We have been raised to fear the yes within ourselves, our deepest cravings.
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Our visions begin with our desires.
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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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Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare.
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Some problems we share as women, some we do not.
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Nothing I accept about myself can be used against me to diminish me.
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Revolution is not a one time event.
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