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I was going to die, sooner or later, whether or not I had even spoken myself. My silences had not protected me. Your silences will not protect you.......more

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When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.

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We can sit in our corners mute forever while our sisters and our selves are distorted and destroyed, while our earth is poisoned; we can sit in our sa...more

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We can learn to work and speak when we are afraid in the same way we have learned to work and speak when we are tired.

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and when we speak we are afraidour words will not be heardnor welcomedbut when we are silentwe are still afraidSo it is better to speakrememberingwe w...more

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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...more

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My silences had not protected me. Your silence will not protect you. But for every real word spoken, for every attempt I had ever made to speak those ...more