Audre Lorde's Quotes

Audre Lorde's Quotes 67

In our work and in our living, we must recognize that difference is a reason...

I remember how being young and black and gay and lonely felt. A lot of it was...

There's always someone asking you to underline one piece of yourself -...

When I dare to be powerful - to use my strength in the service of my vision,...

When I use my strength in the service of my vision it makes no difference...

If I didn't define myself for myself, I would be crunched into other people's...

I would like to do another piece of fiction dealing with a number of issues:...

Each time you love, love as deeply as if it were forever.

Life is very short and what we have to do must be done in the now.

The learning process is something you can incite, literally incite, like a riot.

Only by learning to live in harmony with your contradictions can you keep it...

The quality of light by which we scrutinize our lives has direct bearing upon...

It's a struggle but that's why we exist, so that another generation of...

I write for those women who do not speak, for those who do not have a voice...

The failure of academic feminists to recognize difference as a crucial...

There are no new ideas. There are only new ways of making them felt.

Art is not living. It is the use of living.

"If you come as softly

I am deliberate and afraid of nothing.

For we have been socialized to respect fear more than our own needs for...

Institutionalized rejection of difference is an absolute necessity in a...

...oppression is as American as apple pie...

My silences had not protected me. Your silence will not protect you. But for...

I have a duty to speak the truth as I see it and share not just my triumphs,...

1
2

Random Quote

Debasish Mridha, MD Wisdom

Success is not a place or position, it is an attitude.

Top Topicsall topics

By subscribing to Daily Mail Quotes you are agreeing to our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use.

Top Authorsall authors