One pays a lot, we all pay a lot, for awareness.
AUDRE LORDEWhen 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.
More Audre Lorde Quotes
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Nothing I accept about myself can be used against me to diminish me.
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When we speak we are afraid our words will not be heard or welcomed. But when we are silent, we are still afraid. So it is better to speak.
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I am not only a casualty, I am also a warrior.
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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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We have been raised to fear the yes within ourselves, our deepest cravings.
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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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I have died too many deaths that were not mine.
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We are all in the process of becoming.
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You cannot use someone else’s fire. You can only use your own. And in order to do that, you must first be willing to believe that you have it.
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You are the one that you are looking for.
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Pain is important: how we evade it, how we succumb to it, how we deal with it, how we transcend it.
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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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Dark-bright fire lit eyes.
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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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The more I use my strength in the service of my vision the less I am afraid.
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