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When the Cranes Fly South

by Lisa Ridzén

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May 06, 2026 09:59AM

“Any time your life is at stake and you can't find even one woman to come forward and say, 'This is a good man,' your problem isn't what kind of woman THEY are. Your problem is what kind of men YOU are.”
― Pearl Cleage, Just Wanna Testify

tags: good-man, love, men, respect, women

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“Without community, there is no liberation.”
― Audre Lorde

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“...no woman can love a weak man hard enough to make him strong.”
― Pearl Cleage, Just Wanna Testify

tags: love, man, strong, truth, weak, woman

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“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”
― Audre Lorde

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“I need some time to myself by myself! There must be time for thought and music and peace and solitude! Also: No one can keep a creative house and work every day from nine to five. Can’t be done, folks. Ain’t no way.”
― Pearl Cleage, Things I Should Have Told My Daughter: Lies, Lessons, & Love Affairs

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