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...
I am deliberate and afraid of nothing. Audre Lorde
I am deliberate and afraid of nothing.
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.
Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare. Audre Lorde
Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare.
The master's tools will never dismantle the master's house. Audre Lorde
The master's tools will never dismantle the master's house.
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.
Revolution is not a one time event. Audre Lorde
Revolution is not a one time event.
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.
If I didn't define myself for myself, I would be crunched into other people's fantasies for me and eaten alive. Audre Lorde
If I didn't define myself for myself, I would be crunched into other people's fantasies for me and eaten alive.
Divide and conquer must become define and empower. Audre Lorde
Divide and conquer must become define and empower.
...and that visibility which makes us most vulnerable is that which also is the source of our greatest strength. Audre Lorde
...and that visibility which makes us most vulnerable is that which also is the source of our greatest strength.
