Hopefully, we can learn from the 60s that we cannot afford to do our enemies work by destroying each other.
AUDRE LORDEIf they cannot love and resist at the same time, they probably will not survive.
More Audre Lorde Quotes
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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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Black and Third World people are expected to educate white people as to our humanity.
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The transformation of silence into language and action is an act of self-revelation .
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How hard it is to sleep in the middle of life.
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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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Our visions begin with our desires.
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Institutionalized rejection of difference is an absolute necessity in a profit economy which needs outsiders as surplus people.
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Guilt is not a response to anger; it is a response to one’s own actions or lack of action.
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I find I am constantly being encouraged to pluck out some one aspect of myself and present this as the meaningful whole, eclipsing or denying the other parts of self.
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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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We must wake up knowing we have work to do and go to bed knowing we’ve done it.
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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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If they cannot love and resist at the same time, they probably will not survive.
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Each time you love, love as deeply as if it were forever.
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Revolution is not a one time event.
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