What is there possibly left for us to be afraid of, after we have deal…

Audre Lorde
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What is there possibly left for us to be afraid of, after we have dealt face to face with death and not embraced it? Once I accept the existence of dying as a life process, who can ever have power over me again? ✨ Audre Lorde (2012). Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches, p.12, Crossing Press
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