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Audre Lorde Quotes

... oppression is as American as apple pie Picture Quote #1

We have been raised to fear the yes within ourselves, our deepest cravings Picture Quote #1

Your silence will not protect you Picture Quote #1

We tend to think of the erotic as an easy, tantalizing sexual arousal. I speak of the erotic as the deepest life force, a force which moves us toward living in a fundamental way Picture Quote #1

If I waited to be right before I spoke, I would be sending little cryptic messages on the Ouija board, complaints from the other side Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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... poetry is not a luxury. It is a vital necessity of our existence. It forms the quality of the light within which we predicate our hopes and dreams toward survival and change, first made into language, then into idea, then into more tangible action. Poetry is the way we help give name to the nameless so it can be thought. The farthest horizons of our hopes and fears are cobbled by our poems, carved from the rock experiences of our daily lives Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Some of our finest writers, organizers, artists, and scholars in the 60s as well as today, have been lesbian and gay, and history will bear me out Picture Quote #1

Black women who define ourselves and our goals beyond the sphere of a sexual relationship can bring to any endeavor the realized focus of completed and therefore empowered individuals Picture Quote #1

There is no such thing as a single issue struggle because we do not lead single issue lives Picture Quote #1

The fear of death is that you are dying too soon. Nobody wants to, but at the point that you die you can pray that you are no longer the same person. I pray that when I am about to die I will not be the same person that I am now Picture Quote #1

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Love is a word, another kind of open. As the diamond comes into a knot of flame I am black because I come from the earth's inside take my word for jewel in the open light Picture Quote #1

I have come to believe that caring for myself is not self-indulgent. Caring for myself is an act of survival Picture Quote #1

If you don’t define yourself for yourself then you will be crushed into other’s fantasies of you and eaten alive Picture Quote #1

Who I am is what fulfills me and what fulfills the vision I have of a world Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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... oppression is as American as apple pie (Audre Lorde Quotes) We have been raised to fear the yes within ourselves, our deepest cravings (Audre Lorde Quotes) Your silence will not protect you (Audre Lorde Quotes) We tend to think of the erotic as an easy, tantalizing sexual arousal. I speak of the erotic as the deepest life force, a force which moves us toward living in a fundamental way (Audre Lorde Quotes) If I waited to be right before I spoke, I would be sending little cryptic messages on the Ouija board, complaints from the other side (Audre Lorde Quotes) 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 (Audre Lorde Quotes) ... poetry is not a luxury. It is a vital necessity of our existence. It forms the quality of the light within which we predicate our hopes and dreams toward survival and change, first made into language, then into idea, then into more tangible action. Poetry is the way we help give name to the nameless so it can be thought. The farthest horizons of our hopes and fears are cobbled by our poems, carved from the rock experiences of our daily lives (Audre Lorde Quotes) 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 (Audre Lorde Quotes) Some of our finest writers, organizers, artists, and scholars in the 60s as well as today, have been lesbian and gay, and history will bear me out (Audre Lorde Quotes) Black women who define ourselves and our goals beyond the sphere of a sexual relationship can bring to any endeavor the realized focus of completed and therefore empowered individuals (Audre Lorde Quotes) There is no such thing as a single issue struggle because we do not lead single issue lives (Audre Lorde Quotes) The fear of death is that you are dying too soon. Nobody wants to, but at the point that you die you can pray that you are no longer the same person. I pray that when I am about to die I will not be the same person that I am now (Audre Lorde Quotes) Love is a word, another kind of open. As the diamond comes into a knot of flame I am black because I come from the earth's inside take my word for jewel in the open light (Audre Lorde Quotes) I have come to believe that caring for myself is not self-indulgent. Caring for myself is an act of survival (Audre Lorde Quotes) If you don’t define yourself for yourself then you will be crushed into other’s fantasies of you and eaten alive (Audre Lorde Quotes) Who I am is what fulfills me and what fulfills the vision I have of a world (Audre Lorde Quotes) 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 (Audre Lorde Quotes)

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