Audre Lorde (1934–1992) writer and activist
"The Uses of Anger"
Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches (1984)
“My pain is constant and sharp… this confession has meant nothing”
— Bret Easton Ellis, book American Psycho
Source: American Psycho
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