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Famous Audre Lorde Quotes
“Guilt is not a response to anger; it is a response to one's own actions or lack of action.”
“I have died too many deaths that were not mine.”
“You will never be able to defend your city while shouting.”
“I started writing because I had a need inside of me to create something that was not there”
“The transformation of silence into language and action is an act of self-revelation .”
“Well, I do not want to be tolerated, nor misnamed. I want to be recognized.”
“For women, then, poetry is not a luxury. It is a vital necessity of our existence.”
“To encourage excellence is to go beyond the encouraged mediocrity of our society”
“We are powerful because we have survived”
“Self-care is not about self-indulgence , it is about self-preservati on.”
“Say what you have to say now! Don't wait until you're sending blips from the other side.”
“So it is better to speak, remembering we were never meant to survive.”
“Nothing I accept about myself can be used against me to diminish me.”
“What do we want from each other after we have told our stories”