Audrе Lоrdе (Fеbruаrу 18, 1934 – Nоvеmbеr 17, 1992) wаѕ a writer, fеminiѕt, womanist, and сivil rightѕ асtiviѕt. Aѕ a poet, ѕhе is bеѕt knоwn fоr tесhniсаl mаѕtеrу аnd еmоtiоnаl expression, аѕ w...
There is no thing as a single-issue struggle because we do not live single-issue lives. Audre Lorde
There is no thing as a single-issue struggle because we do not live single-issue lives.
I am my best work - a series of road maps, reports, recipes, doodles, and prayers from the front lines. Audre Lorde
I am my best work - a series of road maps, reports, recipes, doodles, and prayers from the front lines.
Revolution is not a one time event. Audre Lorde
Revolution is not a one time event.
If I cannot air this pain and alter it, I will surely die of it. That's the beginning of social protest. Audre Lorde
If I cannot air this pain and alter it, I will surely die of it. That's the beginning of social protest.
I am not free while any woman is unfree, even when her shackles are very different from my own. Audre Lorde
I am not free while any woman is unfree, even when her shackles are very different from my own.
But the question is a matter of the survival and the teaching. That's what our work comes down to. No matter where we key into it, it's the same work, just different pieces of ourselves doing it. Audre Lorde
But the question is a matter of the survival and the teaching. That's what our work comes down to. No matter where we key into it, it's the same work, just different pieces of ourselves doing it.
Life is very short and what we have to do must be done in the now. Audre Lorde
Life is very short and what we have to do must be done in the now.
It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences. Audre Lorde
It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences.
I have come to believe over and over again that what is most important to me must be spoken, made verbal and shared, even at the risk of having it bruised or misunderstood. Audre Lorde
I have come to believe over and over again that what is most important to me must be spoken, made verbal and shared, even at the risk of having it bruised or misunderstood.
When we speak we are afraid our words will not be heard or welcomed. But when we are silent, we are still afraid. So it is better to speak. Audre Lorde
When we speak we are afraid our words will not be heard or welcomed. But when we are silent, we are still afraid. So it is better to speak.
Attend me, hold me in your muscular flowering arms, protect me from throwing any part of myself away. Audre Lorde
Attend me, hold me in your muscular flowering arms, protect me from throwing any part of myself away.
Your silence will not protect you. Audre Lorde
Your silence will not protect you.
