‎Once we recognize what it is we are feeling, once we recognize we can…

Audre Lorde
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‎Once we recognize what it is we are feeling, once we recognize we can feel deeply, love deeply, can feel joy, then we will demand that all parts of our lives produce that kind of joy. ✨ Audre Lorde, Joan Wylie Hall (2004). Conversations with Audre Lorde, p.92, Univ. Press of Mississippi
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‎Once we recognize what it is we are feeling, once we recognize we can feel deeply, love deeply, can feel joy, then we will demand that all parts of our lives produce that kind of joy. ✨ Audre Lorde, Joan Wylie Hall (2004). Conversations with Audre Lorde, p.92, Univ. Press of Mississippi

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