To face the realities of our lives is not a reason for despair-despair is a tool of your enemies. Facing the realities of our lives gives us motivation for action. For you are not powerless... You know why the hard questions must be asked. It is not altruism, it is self-preservation-survival.
Audre LordeCaring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare.
Audre LordeI am my best work - a series of road maps, reports, recipes, doodles, and prayers from the front lines.
Audre Lorde