“How much of this truth can I bear to see and still live
unblinded?
How much of this pain
can I use?”
― Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches
unblinded?
How much of this pain
can I use?”
― Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches
“Oppressed peoples are always being asked to stretch a little more, to bridge the gap between blindness and humanity.”
― Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches
― Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches
“...and that visibility which makes us most vulnerable is that which also is the source of our greatest strength.”
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“I find I am constantly being encouraged to pluck out some one aspect of myself and present this as the meaningful whole, eclipsing or denying the other parts of self.”
― Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches
― Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches
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