Marlon Riggs quotes

Marlon Riggs quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“Silence kills the soul; it diminishes its possibilities to rise and fly and explore. Silence withers what makes you human. The soul shrinks, until it's nothing.”
-- Marlon Riggs

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“My struggle has allowed me to transcend that sense of shame and stigma identified with my being a Black gay man. Having come through the fire, they can't touch me.”
-- Marlon Riggs

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“Black men loving black men is THE revolutionary act.”
-- Marlon Riggs

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“As long as I have work then I'm not going to die, cause work is a living spirit in me - that which wants to connect with other people and pass on something to them which they can use in their own lives and grow from.”
-- Marlon Riggs

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“It is necessary to constantly remind ourselves that we are not an abomination.”
-- Marlon Riggs

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“So much of my life has been about self-effacement, pretense, masquerading, concealment, and indirection.”
-- Marlon Riggs

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“When nobody speaks your name, or even knows it, you, knowing it, must be the first to speak it.”
-- Marlon Riggs

#Names Quotes #Knowing Quotes #Firsts Quotes
“Silence is my weapon, silence is my shield.”
-- Marlon Riggs

Source : Source: espressostalinist.com

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