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Audre Lorde Quotes

I am deliberate and afraid of nothing Picture Quote #1

Silence and invisibility go hand in hand with powerlessness Picture Quote #1

Women are powerful and dangerous Picture Quote #1

...oppression is as American as apple pie Picture Quote #1

I write for those women who do not speak, for those who do not have a voice because they were so terrified, because we are taught to respect fear more than ourselves. We've been taught that silence would save us, but it won't Picture Quote #1

My fear of anger taught me nothing Picture Quote #1

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One pays a lot, we all pay a lot, for awareness Picture Quote #1

Somedays, if bitterness were a whetstone, I could be sharp as grief Picture Quote #1

I am on the cusp of change and the curve is shifting fast Picture Quote #1

Afraid is a country with no exit visas Picture Quote #1

Poetry is not a luxury Picture Quote #1

There are no honest poems about dead women Picture Quote #1

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... it is not difference which immobilizes us, but silence Picture Quote #1

In the recognition of loving lies the answer to despair Picture Quote #1

Divide and conquer must become define and empower Picture Quote #1

Raising Black children-female and male-in the mouth of a racist, sexist, suicidal dragon is perilous and chancy. If they cannot love and resist at the same time, they will probably not survive Picture Quote #1

I am a Black Feminist. I mean I recognize that my power as well as my primary oppressions come as a result of my blackness as well as my womaness, and therefore my struggles on both of these fronts are inseparable Picture Quote #1

If white American feminist theory need not deal with the differences between us, and the resulting difference in our oppressions, then how do you deal with the fact that the women who clean your houses and tend your children while you attend conferences on feminist theory are, for the most part, poor women and women of Color? What is the theory behind racist feminism? Picture Quote #1

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It is not the destiny of Black America to repeat white America’s mistakes. But we will, if we mistake the trappings of success in a sick society for the signs of a meaningful life Picture Quote #1

If our history has taught us anything, it is that action for change directed against the external conditions of our oppressions is not enough Picture Quote #1

You cannot use someone else’s fire. You can only use your own. And in order to do that, you must first be willing to believe that you have it Picture Quote #1

You’d better name yourself, because, if you don’t others will do it for you Picture Quote #1

We cannot settle for the pretenses of connection, or for the parodies of self-love Picture Quote #1

The erotic is a resource within each of us that lies in a deeply female and spiritual plane, firmly rooted in the power of our unexpressed or unrecognized feeling. . . Picture Quote #1

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You know how fighting fish do it? They blow bubbles and in each one of those bubbles is an egg and they float the egg up to the surface. They keep this whole heavy nest of eggs floating, and they’re constantly repairing it. It’s as if they live in both elements Picture Quote #1

Decisions to cut aid for the terminally ill, for the elderly, for dependent children, for food stamps, even school lunches, are being made by men with full stomachs who live in comfortable houses with two cars and umpteen tax shelters. None of them go hungry to bed at night Picture Quote #1

...and that visibility which makes us most vulnerable is that which also is the source of our greatest strength Picture Quote #1

Oppressors always expect the oppressed to extend to them the understanding so lacking in themselves Picture Quote #1

Each time you love, love as deeply as if it were forever Picture Quote #1

Revolution is not a onetime event Picture Quote #1

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I am deliberate and afraid of nothing (Audre Lorde Quotes) Silence and invisibility go hand in hand with powerlessness (Audre Lorde Quotes) Women are powerful and dangerous (Audre Lorde Quotes) ...oppression is as American as apple pie... (Audre Lorde Quotes) I write for those women who do not speak, for those who do not have a voice because they were so terrified, because we are taught to respect fear more than ourselves. We've been taught that silence would save us, but it won't (Audre Lorde Quotes) My fear of anger taught me nothing (Audre Lorde Quotes) One pays a lot, we all pay a lot, for awareness (Audre Lorde Quotes) Somedays, if bitterness were a whetstone, I could be sharp as grief (Audre Lorde Quotes) I am on the cusp of change and the curve is shifting fast (Audre Lorde Quotes) Afraid is a country with no exit visas (Audre Lorde Quotes) Poetry is not a luxury (Audre Lorde Quotes) There are no honest poems about dead women (Audre Lorde Quotes) ... it is not difference which immobilizes us, but silence (Audre Lorde Quotes) In the recognition of loving lies the answer to despair (Audre Lorde Quotes) Divide and conquer must become define and empower (Audre Lorde Quotes) Raising Black children-female and male-in the mouth of a racist, sexist, suicidal dragon is perilous and chancy. If they cannot love and resist at the same time, they will probably not survive (Audre Lorde Quotes) I am a Black Feminist. I mean I recognize that my power as well as my primary oppressions come as a result of my blackness as well as my womaness, and therefore my struggles on both of these fronts are inseparable (Audre Lorde Quotes) If white American feminist theory need not deal with the differences between us, and the resulting difference in our oppressions, then how do you deal with the fact that the women who clean your houses and tend your children while you attend conferences on feminist theory are, for the most part, poor women and women of Color? What is the theory behind racist feminism? (Audre Lorde Quotes) It is not the destiny of Black America to repeat white America’s mistakes. But we will, if we mistake the trappings of success in a sick society for the signs of a meaningful life (Audre Lorde Quotes) If our history has taught us anything, it is that action for change directed against the external conditions of our oppressions is not enough (Audre Lorde Quotes) You cannot use someone else’s fire. You can only use your own. And in order to do that, you must first be willing to believe that you have it. (Audre Lorde Quotes) You’d better name yourself, because, if you don’t others will do it for you (Audre Lorde Quotes) We cannot settle for the pretenses of connection, or for the parodies of self-love (Audre Lorde Quotes) The erotic is a resource within each of us that lies in a deeply female and spiritual plane, firmly rooted in the power of our unexpressed or unrecognized feeling. . . . (Audre Lorde Quotes) You know how fighting fish do it? They blow bubbles and in each one of those bubbles is an egg and they float the egg up to the surface. They keep this whole heavy nest of eggs floating, and they’re constantly repairing it. It’s as if they live in both elements. (Audre Lorde Quotes) Decisions to cut aid for the terminally ill, for the elderly, for dependent children, for food stamps, even school lunches, are being made by men with full stomachs who live in comfortable houses with two cars and umpteen tax shelters. None of them go hungry to bed at night. (Audre Lorde Quotes) ...and that visibility which makes us most vulnerable is that which also is the source of our greatest strength. (Audre Lorde Quotes) Oppressors always expect the oppressed to extend to them the understanding so lacking in themselves (Audre Lorde Quotes) Each time you love, love as deeply as if it were forever (Audre Lorde Quotes) Revolution is not a onetime event (Audre Lorde Quotes)

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