“When I dare to be powerful--to use my strength in the service of my vision--then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.”
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“I write for those women who do not speak, for those who do not have a voice because they were so terrified, because we are taught to respect fear more than ourselves. We've been taught that silence would save us, but it won't.”
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“Sometimes we are blessed with being able to choose
the time, and the arena, and the manner of our revolution,
but more usually
we must do battle where we are standing.”
― Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches
the time, and the arena, and the manner of our revolution,
but more usually
we must do battle where we are standing.”
― Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches
“The true focus of revolutionary change is never merely the oppressive situations which we seek to escape, but that piece of the oppressor which is planted deep within each of us, and which knows only the oppressors' tactics, the oppressors' relationships.”
― Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches
― Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches
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