“I know the anger lies inside of me like I know the beat of my heart and the taste of my spit. It is easier to be furious than to be yearning. Easier to crucify myself in you than to take on the threatening universe of whiteness by admitting that we are worth wanting each other.”
― Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches
― Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches
“The relationships we share with our families are important, and they are the first compass by which we orientate ourselves in this world.”
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“Through our conflicts with our partners and spouses, we can open up important new channels of communication and make discoveries about ourselves (and them) that lead to more complete and realized visions of our futures.”
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“Make your own Bible. Select and collect all the words and sentences that in all your readings have been to you like the blast of a trumpet.”
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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
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