If what we need to dream, to move our spirits most deeply and directly…

Audre Lorde
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If what we need to dream, to move our spirits most deeply and directly toward and through promise, is discounted as a luxury, then we give up the core -- the fountain -- of our power, our womanness; we give up the future of our worlds. (From Poetry is Not a Luxury) ✨ Audre Lorde (2012). Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches, p.39, Crossing Press
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