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The strongest lesson I can teach my son is the same lesson I teach my daughter: how to be who he wishes to be for himself.
Audre Lorde
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Audre Lorde
Age: 58 †
Born: 1934
Born: February 18
Died: 1992
Died: November 17
Essayist
Feminist
Librarian
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University Teacher
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New York City
New York
Audre Geraldine Lorde
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Because the machine will try to grind you into dust anyway, whether or not we speak.
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I was going to die, if not sooner, then later, whether or not I had ever spoken myself. My silences had not protected me. Your silence will not protect you.
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You will never be able to defend your city while shouting.
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What I most regretted were my silences. Of what had I ever been afraid?
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The master's tools will never dismantle the master's house.
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Guilt is not a response to anger it is a response to one's own actions or lack of action.
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... it is not difference which immobilizes us, but silence.
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Every woman I have ever known has made a lasting impression on my soul.
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