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Audre Lorde Quotes

Poetry is the way we help give name to the nameless so it can be thought Picture Quote #1

I realize that if I wait until I am no longer afraid to act, write, speak, be, I’ll be sending messages on a Ouija board, cryptic complaints from the other side Picture Quote #1

Because the machine will try to grind you into dust anyway, whether or not we speak Picture Quote #1

The more I use my strength in the service of my vision the less I am afraid Picture Quote #1

... it is through poetry that we give name to those ideas which are-until the poem-nameless and formless, about to be birthed, but already felt Picture Quote #1

If I cannot air this pain and alter it, I will surely die of it. That’s the beginning of social protest Picture Quote #1

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Battling racism and battling heterosexism and battling apartheid share the same urgency inside me as battling cancer Picture Quote #1

Once we recognize what it is we are feeling, once we recognize we can feel deeply, love deeply, can feel joy, then we will demand that all parts of our lives produce that kind of joy Picture Quote #1

I am still learning - how to take joy in all the people I am, how to use all my selves in the service of what I believe, how to accept when I fail and rejoice when I succeed Picture Quote #1

There are many lesbians and gay men trapped by their fear into silence and invisibility, and they exist in a dim valley of terror wearing nooses of conformity Picture Quote #1

Art is not living. It is a use of living. The artist has the ability to take that living and use it in a certain way, and produce art Picture Quote #1

I am a reflection of my mother’s secret poetry as well as of her hidden angers Picture Quote #1

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I am a post-mastectomy woman who believes our feelings need voice in order to be recognized, respected, and of use 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

We’re supposed to see “universal” love as heterosexual. What I insist upon in my work is that there is no such thing as universal love in literature Picture Quote #1

Guilt is not a response to anger; it is a response to one’s own actions or lack of action Picture Quote #1

I believe one of the hardest things you can do is conquer your fears, but if you have a goal, then it’s your job to open up and let it be real no matter how scary it seems Picture Quote #1

Next time, ask: What’s the worst that will happen? Then push yourself a little further than you dare Picture Quote #1

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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

I started writing because I had a need inside of me to create something that was not there Picture Quote #1

What woman here is so enamored of her own oppression that she cannot see her heel print upon another woman’s face? Picture Quote #1

I was going to die, if not sooner, then later, whether or not I had ever spoken myself. My silences had not protected me. Your silence will not protect you Picture Quote #1

Differences must be not merely tolerated, but seen as a fund of necessary polarities between which our creativity can spark like a dialectic Picture Quote #1

If you don’t define yourself for yourself then you will be crushed into other’s fantasies of you and eaten alive Picture Quote #1

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I have come to believe that caring for myself is not self-indulgent. Caring for myself is an act of survival Picture Quote #1

For those of us who write, it is necessary to scrutinize not only the truth of what we speak, but the truth of that language by which we speak it Picture Quote #1

For women, then, poetry is not a luxury. It is a vital necessity of our existence Picture Quote #1

The love expressed between women is particular and powerful because we have had to love in order to live; love has been our survival Picture Quote #1

Say what you have to say now! Don’t wait until you’re sending blips from the other side Picture Quote #1

We have too often been expected to speak all things to all people and speak everyone else’s position but our own Picture Quote #1

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Poetry is the way we help give name to the nameless so it can be thought (Audre Lorde Quotes) I realize that if I wait until I am no longer afraid to act, write, speak, be, I’ll be sending messages on a Ouija board, cryptic complaints from the other side (Audre Lorde Quotes) Because the machine will try to grind you into dust anyway, whether or not we speak (Audre Lorde Quotes) The more I use my strength in the service of my vision the less I am afraid (Audre Lorde Quotes) ... it is through poetry that we give name to those ideas which are-until the poem-nameless and formless, about to be birthed, but already felt (Audre Lorde Quotes) If I cannot air this pain and alter it, I will surely die of it. That’s the beginning of social protest (Audre Lorde Quotes) Battling racism and battling heterosexism and battling apartheid share the same urgency inside me as battling cancer (Audre Lorde Quotes) Once we recognize what it is we are feeling, once we recognize we can feel deeply, love deeply, can feel joy, then we will demand that all parts of our lives produce that kind of joy (Audre Lorde Quotes) I am still learning - how to take joy in all the people I am, how to use all my selves in the service of what I believe, how to accept when I fail and rejoice when I succeed (Audre Lorde Quotes) There are many lesbians and gay men trapped by their fear into silence and invisibility, and they exist in a dim valley of terror wearing nooses of conformity (Audre Lorde Quotes) Art is not living. It is a use of living. The artist has the ability to take that living and use it in a certain way, and produce art (Audre Lorde Quotes) I am a reflection of my mother’s secret poetry as well as of her hidden angers (Audre Lorde Quotes) I am a post-mastectomy woman who believes our feelings need voice in order to be recognized, respected, and of use (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) We’re supposed to see “universal” love as heterosexual. What I insist upon in my work is that there is no such thing as universal love in literature (Audre Lorde Quotes) Guilt is not a response to anger; it is a response to one’s own actions or lack of action (Audre Lorde Quotes) I believe one of the hardest things you can do is conquer your fears, but if you have a goal, then it’s your job to open up and let it be real no matter how scary it seems (Audre Lorde Quotes) Next time, ask: What’s the worst that will happen? Then push yourself a little further than you dare (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) I started writing because I had a need inside of me to create something that was not there (Audre Lorde Quotes) What woman here is so enamored of her own oppression that she cannot see her heel print upon another woman’s face? (Audre Lorde Quotes) I was going to die, if not sooner, then later, whether or not I had ever spoken myself. My silences had not protected me. Your silence will not protect you (Audre Lorde Quotes) Differences must be not merely tolerated, but seen as a fund of necessary polarities between which our creativity can spark like a dialectic (Audre Lorde Quotes) If you don’t define yourself for yourself then you will be crushed into other’s fantasies of you and eaten alive (Audre Lorde Quotes) I have come to believe that caring for myself is not self-indulgent. Caring for myself is an act of survival (Audre Lorde Quotes) For those of us who write, it is necessary to scrutinize not only the truth of what we speak, but the truth of that language by which we speak it (Audre Lorde Quotes) For women, then, poetry is not a luxury. It is a vital necessity of our existence (Audre Lorde Quotes) The love expressed between women is particular and powerful because we have had to love in order to live; love has been our survival (Audre Lorde Quotes) Say what you have to say now! Don’t wait until you’re sending blips from the other side (Audre Lorde Quotes) We have too often been expected to speak all things to all people and speak everyone else’s position but our own (Audre Lorde Quotes)

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