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“we have been socialized to respect fear more than our own needs for language and definition; and while we wait in silence for that final luxury of fearlessness, the weight of silence will choke us.”

“That we not hide behind the mockery with separations that have been imposed upon us” / “and all the other endless ways that we rob ourselves of ourselves and each other”

“What are the unspoken words you have? What do you need to say? What are the tyrannies you swallow, day by day until you will sicken and die of them in silence.“