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"I have come to believe over and over again that what is most important to me must be spoken, made verbal and shared, even at the risk of having it bruised or misunderstood."
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"If one tries to navigate unknown waters one runs the risk of shipwreck."
"For what it's worth: trust your feelings. I can't promise that you'll never get hurt again, but I can promise you the risk is worth it."
"Any time you put yourself on the line, you risk (and maybe fear) failing, falling, being embarrassed, or looking stupid-none of which are comfortable."
"Risk is the clue that our dreams are both real and great."
"You can't fly by staring at the sky. You have to take a risk to grow wings of imagination and fly."
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"There's always someone asking you to underline one piece of yourself - whether it's Black, woman, mother, dyke, teacher, etc. - because that's the piece that they need to key in to. They want to dismiss everything else."
"When I use my strength in the service of my vision it makes no difference whether or not I am afraid."
"When we create out of our experiences, as feminists of color, women of color, we have to develop those structures that will present and circulate our culture."
"I remember how being young and black and gay and lonely felt. A lot of it was fine, feeling I had the truth and the light and the key, but a lot of it was purely hell."
"When we speak we are afraid our words will not be heard or welcomed. But when we are silent, we are still afraid. So it is better to speak."
"Black women sharing close ties with each other, politically or emotionally, are not the enemies of Black men."
"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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