Audre Lorde

There are lesbians, God knows... if you came up through lesbian circles in the forties and fifties in New York... who were not feminist and would not call themselves feminists. ↗

— Audre Lorde

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We have to consciously study how to be tender with each other until it becomes a habit because what was native has been stolen from us, the love of Black women for each other. ↗

— Audre Lorde

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When we create out of our experiences, as feminists of color, women of color, we have to develop those structures that will present and circulate our culture. ↗

— Audre Lorde

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I remember how being young and black and gay and lonely felt. A lot of it was fine, feeling I had the truth and the light and the key, but a lot of it was purely hell. ↗

— Audre Lorde

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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

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It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences. ↗

— Audre Lorde

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I am deliberate and afraid of nothing. ↗

— Audre Lorde

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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

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

— Audre Lorde

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Attend me, hold me in your muscular flowering arms, protect me from throwing any part of myself away. ↗

— Audre Lorde

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