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Use Quotes by Audre Lorde

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Audre Lorde writes about the use of language as a weapon and a balm, urging us to wield words responsibly. Her sharp observations connect personal empowerment with collective struggle, making each quote a guide for anyone seeking to channel voice into purposeful action.

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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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Art is not living. It is the use of living.

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How much of this truth can I bear to see and still live unblinded? How much of this pain can I use?

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It is axiomatic that if we do not define ourselves for ourselves, we will be defined by others-for their use and to…

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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…

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I am a post-mastectomy woman who believes our feelings need voice in order to be recognized, respected, and of use.

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When I use my strength in the service of my vision it makes no difference whether or not I am afraid.

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...my experience with people who tried to label me was that they usually did it to either dismiss me or use me.

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Art is not living. It is the use of living. The artist has the ability to take the living and use it…

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When I speak of the erotic, then I speak of it as an assertion of the life force of women; of that…

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I have no creative use for guilt, yours or my own. Guilt is only another way of avoiding informed action, of buying…

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I am still learning - how to take joy in all the people I am, how to use all my selves in…

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But in a crunch, when all our asses are in the sling, it looks like it is easier to deal with the…

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Every woman I have ever loved has left her print upon me, where I loved some invaluable piece of myself apart from me-so different…

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There are many kinds of open. . . Love is a word, another kind of open. . . Take my word for jewel in your open light.

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Your silence will not protect you.

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I can't really define it in sexual terms alone although our sexuality is so energizing why not enjoy it too?

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“For once we begin to feel deeply all the aspects of our lives, we begin to demand from ourselves and from our life-pursuits that…

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the fear of death is that you are dying too soon. Nobody wants to, but at the point that you die you can pray…

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“There is an important difference between openness and naïveté. Not everyone has good intentions nor means me well. I remind myself I do not…

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I learned to read from Mrs. Augusta Baker, the children's librarian. ... If that was the only good deed that lady ever did in…

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Poetry is not only dream and vision; it is the skeleton architecture of our lives. It lays the foundations for a future of change,…

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“I think that in America there are certain kinds of problems and in Russia there are certain kinds of problems, but basically, when you…

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Institutionalized rejection of differences is an absolute necessity in a profit economy which needs outsiders as surplus people. As members of such an economy,…

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