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Audre Lorde Quotes and Quotations
Hatred is a death wish for the hated, not a life wish for anything else. 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. Our visions begin with our desires. I am deliberate and afraid of nothing. While we wait in silence for that final luxury of fearlessness, the weight of that silence will choke us. I became more courageous by doing the very things I needed to be courageous for-first, a little, and badly. Then, bit by bit, more and better. Being avidly-sometimes annoy-ingly-curious and persistent about discovering how others were doing what I wanted to do. I realize that if I wait until I am no longer afraid to act, write, speak, be, I'll be sending messages on a ouija board, cryptic complaints from the other side. |