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The quality of light by which we scrutinize our lives has direct bearing upon the product which we live, and upon the changes which we hope to bring about through those lives.

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I am a bleak heroism of words that refuse to be buried alive with the liars.

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I have suckled the wolf's lip of anger and I have used it for illumination, laughter, protection, fire in places where there was no light, no food, no sisters, no quarter.

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Guilt and defensiveness are bricks in a wall against which we all flounder; they serve none of our futures.

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The white fathers told us: I think, therefore I am. The Black mother within each of us—the poet —whispers in our dreams: I feel, therefore I can be free.

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Once we recognize what it is we are feeling, once we recognize we can feel deeply, love deeply, can feel joy, then we will demand that all parts of our lives produce that kind of joy.

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Audre Lorde

Audre Lorde
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Born: February 18, 1934
Died: November 17, 1992 (aged 58)
Bio: Audre Lorde was an American writer, radical feminist, womanist, lesbian, and civil rights activist. In her own words, Lorde was a "black, lesbian, mother, warrior, poet".
Known for:
  1. Sister Outsider (1984)
  2. Zami: A New Spelling of My Name (1982)
  3. The Cancer Journals (1980)
  4. The Black Unicorn: Poems (1978)
  5. The Collected Poems of Audre Lorde
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black, women, silence, lives, pain, change, love, power, speak, life, difference, die, erotic, share, recognize

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