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.
AUDRE LORDEHow hard it is to sleep in the middle of life.
More Audre Lorde Quotes
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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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Guilt and defensiveness are bricks in a wall against which we all flounder; they serve none of our futures.
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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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I started writing because I had a need inside of me to create something that was not there.
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Change is the immediate responsibility of each of us, wherever and however we are standing, in whatever arena we choose.
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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 search for power within myself means I must be willing to move through being afraid to whatever lies beyond.
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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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The erotic has often been misnamed by men and used against women.
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We are all more blind to what we have than to what we have not.
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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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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 am not free while any woman is unfree, even when her shackles are very different from my own.
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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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Our visions begin with our desires.
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