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Audre Lorde Quotes: I cannot shut you out the way I shut the others out, so maybe I can destroy you. Must destroy you?
         

I cannot shut you out the way I shut the others out, so maybe I can destroy you. Must destroy you?


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I have come to believe over and over again that what is most important to me must be spoken, made verbal and shared, even at the risk of having it bruised or misunderstood.



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