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...
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
When I dare to be powerful - to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid. Audre Lorde
When I dare to be powerful - to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.
Tomorrow belongs to those of us who conceive of it as belonging to everyone; who lend the best of ourselves to it, and with joy. Audre Lorde
Tomorrow belongs to those of us who conceive of it as belonging to everyone; who lend the best of ourselves to it, and with joy.
...oppression is as American as apple pie... Audre Lorde
...oppression is as American as apple pie...
Our feelings are our most genuine paths to knowledge. Audre Lorde
Our feelings are our most genuine paths to knowledge.
Pain is important: how we evade it, how we succumb to it, how we deal with it, how we transcend it. Audre Lorde
Pain is important: how we evade it, how we succumb to it, how we deal with it, how we transcend it.
Without community, there is no liberation. Audre Lorde
Without community, there is no liberation.
