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Only by learning to live in harmony with your contradictions can you keep it all afloat
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"Only by learning to live in harmony with your contradictions can you keep it all afloat"

- Audre Lorde

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This quote by Audre Lorde encourages us to accept and welcome our contradictions. All of us have various aspects of our personalities, beliefs, and worths that might appear to be in dispute with one another. By discovering to live in harmony with these contradictions, we can find balance and stability in our lives. This suggests that we should not try to suppress or neglect our contradictions, but rather find out to accept them and discover methods to make them work together. By doing this, we can create a sense of consistency and balance in our lives, allowing us to keep it all afloat. This quote encourages us to be unbiased and accepting of our contradictions, and to discover methods to make them work together.

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Audre Lorde This quote is written / told by Audre Lorde between February 18, 1934 and November 17, 1992. She was a famous Poet from USA. The author also have 38 other quotes.

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