• When we speak we are afraid our words will not be heard or welcomed. But when we are silent, we are still afraid. So it is better to speak.

  Source: The Black Unicorn: Poems (1995) 25

  Audre Lorde
  American writer, feminist, womanist, librarian, and civil 1934-1992
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Subjects in these quotes:

1. welcomed
2. silent
3. better
4. still

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When we speak we are afraid our words will not be heard or welcomed. But when we are silent, we are still afraid. So it is better to speak. by : Audre Lorde

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