stoicism and silence does not serve us nor our communities, only the forces of things as they are. — Audre Lorde Copy Share Image
What I most regretted were my silences. Of what had I ever been afraid? — Audre Lorde Copy Share Image
The transformation of silence into language and action is an act of self-revelation . — Audre Lorde Copy Share Image
The fact that we are here and that I speak these words is an attempt to break that silence and bridge some… — Audre Lorde Copy Share Image
I have come to believe over and over again that what is most important to me must be spoken, made verbal and… — Audre Lorde Copy Share Image
I write for those women who do not speak, for those who do not have a voice because they were so terrified,… — Audre Lorde Copy Share Image
I was going to die, if not sooner, then later, whether or not I had ever spoken myself. My silences had not… — Audre Lorde Copy Share Image
“I write for these women who do not speak, for those who do not have a voice because they were so terrified,… — Audre Lorde Copy Share Image
For we have been socialized to respect fear more than our own needs for language and definition, and while we wait in… — Audre Lorde Copy Share Image
There are many lesbians and gay men trapped by their fear into silence and invisibility, and they exist in a dim valley… — Audre Lorde Copy Share Image
What are the words you do not yet have? What do you need to say? What are the tyrannies you swallow day… — Audre Lorde Copy Share Image
[Speaking] is never without fear; of visibility, of the harsh light of scrutiny and perhaps judgment, of pain, of death. But we… — Audre Lorde Copy Share Image
I have come to believe over and over again that what is most important to me must be spoken, made verbal and… — Audre Lorde Copy Share Image
My silences had not protected me. Your silence will not protect you. But for every real word spoken, for every attempt I… — Audre Lorde Copy Share Image
“In becoming forcibly and essentially aware of my mortality, and of what I wished and wanted for my life, however short it… — Audre Lorde Copy Share Image
“ A Litany for Survival For those of us who live at the shoreline standing upon the constant edges of decision crucial… — Audre Lorde Copy Share Image
“I was going to die, sooner or later, whether or not I had even spoken myself. My silences had not protected me.… — Audre Lorde Copy Share Image
“I do not wish my anger and pain and fear about cancer to fossilize into yet another silence, nor to rob me… — Audre Lorde Copy Share Image
“In becoming forcibly and essentially aware of my mortality, and of what I wished and wanted for my life, however short it… — Audre Lorde Copy Share Image
“We can sit in our corners mute forever while our sisters and our selves are distorted and destroyed, while our earth is… — Audre Lorde Copy Share Image
“and when we speak we are afraid our words will not be heard nor welcomed but when we are silent we are… — Audre Lorde Copy Share Image
Every woman I have ever loved has left her print upon me, where I loved some invaluable piece of myself apart from me-so different… — Audre Lorde Copy Share
There are many kinds of open. . . Love is a word, another kind of open. . . Take my word for jewel in your open light. — Audre Lorde Copy Share
I can't really define it in sexual terms alone although our sexuality is so energizing why not enjoy it too? — Audre Lorde Copy Share
“For once we begin to feel deeply all the aspects of our lives, we begin to demand from ourselves and from our life-pursuits that… — Audre Lorde Copy Share
the fear of death is that you are dying too soon. Nobody wants to, but at the point that you die you can pray… — Audre Lorde Copy Share
“There is an important difference between openness and naïveté. Not everyone has good intentions nor means me well. I remind myself I do not… — Audre Lorde Copy Share
What are the words you do not yet have? What do you need to say? What are the tyrannies you swallow day by day… — Audre Lorde Copy Share
I learned to read from Mrs. Augusta Baker, the children's librarian. ... If that was the only good deed that lady ever did in… — Audre Lorde Copy Share
Poetry is not only dream and vision; it is the skeleton architecture of our lives. It lays the foundations for a future of change,… — Audre Lorde Copy Share
“I think that in America there are certain kinds of problems and in Russia there are certain kinds of problems, but basically, when you… — Audre Lorde Copy Share
Institutionalized rejection of differences is an absolute necessity in a profit economy which needs outsiders as surplus people. As members of such an economy,… — Audre Lorde Copy Share
The sharing of joy, whether physical, emotional, psychic, or intellectual, forms a bridge between the sharers which can be the basis for understanding much… — Audre Lorde Copy Share
“I forgot what we were celebrating. Because we were always celebrating something, a new job, a new poem, a new love, a new dream.” — Audre Lorde Copy Share
How a diamond comes into a knot of flame How a sound comes into a word, coloured By who pays what for speaking. Some… — Audre Lorde Copy Share
![“[Speaking] is never without fear; of visibility, of the harsh light of scrutiny and perhaps judgment, of pain, of death. But we have lived through all of those already, in silence, except death. And I remind myself all the time now, that if I were to have been born mute, and had maintained an oath…” quote by Audre Lorde](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/008/audre-lorde-758_born_speaking-is-never-without-fear-of-visibi_2564375.jpg)
