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Audre Lorde Quotes: Unless one lives and loves in the trenches, it is difficult to remember that the war against dehumanization is ceaseless.
         

Unless one lives and loves in the trenches, it is difficult to remember that the war against dehumanization is ceaseless.


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Unless one lives and loves in the trenches, it is difficult to remember that the war against dehumanization is ceaseless.
         



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