“If I didn’t define myself for myself, I would be crunched into other people’s fantasies for me and eaten alive.”
"Each time you love, love as deeply as if it were forever."
- Audre Lorde
Love
"I do not wish my anger and pain and fear about cancer to fossilize into yet another silence, nor to rob me of whatever strength can lie at the core of this experience, openly acknowledged and examined...imposed silence about any area of our lives is a tool for separation and powerlessness."
- Audre Lorde
Awareness
"Life is very short and what we have to do must be done in the now."
- Audre Lorde
Awareness
"I am not free while any woman is unfree, even when her shackles are very different from my own."
- Audre Lorde
Compassion
"The love expressed between women is particular and powerful because we have had to love in order to live; love has been our survival."
- Audre Lorde
Compassion
"Beauty is not about physical perfection, but about authenticity and confidence."
- Beauty and the Beast
Self-awareness
"Beauty is found in the unique qualities that make us who we are."
- Beauty and the Beast
Self-awareness
"I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize I should have been more specific."
- Lily Tomlin
Self-awareness
"Make sure your worst enemy doesn’t live between your own two ears."
- Laird Hamilton
Self-awareness
"True humility is not thinking less of yourself; it is thinking of yourself less."
Self-awareness