For we have been socialized to respect fear more than our own needs for language and definition, and while we wait in silence for that final luxury of fearlessness, the weight of that silence will choke us.

  • -- Audre Lorde 罗尔蒂

因为我们已经习惯于尊重恐惧,而不是我们自己对语言和定义的需求。当我们在沉默中等待无畏的最后奢侈时,这种沉默的重量将会窒息我们。

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Bigotry and intolerance, silenced by argument, endeavors to silence by persecution, in old days by fire and sword, in modern days by the tongue.

偏见和不容忍,由于争论而沉默,通过迫害而努力保持沉默,在过去是用火和剑,在现代是用舌头。

To a poet, silence is an acceptable response, even a flattering one.

对于诗人来说,沉默是一种可以接受的回应,甚至是一种奉承。