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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

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Audre Lorde
Age: 58 †
Born: 1934
Born: February 18
Died: 1992
Died: November 17
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New York City
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