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"I am not free while any woman is unfree, even when her shackles are very different from my own."
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"When you write by hand, you don't have the excessive freedom of a computer. When I write down something, I have to be serious about it. I have to ask myself, "Is this necessary at this point in the book?"
"When you are imprisoned by the rules of conformity, it tames your imaginative capacity and steals your free thinking abilities."
"Liberation begins with liberation of mind, soul and body."
"You are not, though, forgiving so as to let others off with things. You are forgiving so that you can empower yourself to get over it and become strong."
"No man can claim to be free in real terms unless he is fully in control of his own destiny!"
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"It's possible to take that as a personal metaphor and then multiply it to a people, a race, a sex, a time. If we can keep this thing going long enough, if we can survive and teach what we know, we'll make it."
"But, on the other hand, I get bored with racism too and recognize that there are still many things to be said about a Black person and a White person loving each other in a racist society."
"If I didn't define myself for myself, I would be crunched into other people's fantasies for me and eaten alive."
"In our work and in our living, we must recognize that difference is a reason for celebration and growth, rather than a reason for destruction."
"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."
"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."
"But the true feminist deals out of a lesbian consciousness whether or not she ever sleeps with women."
"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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