I remember how being young and black and gay and lonely felt. A lot of it was fine, feeling I had the… — Audre Lorde Copy Share Image
Every Black woman in America lives her life somewhere along a wide curve of ancient and unexpressed angers. — Audre Lorde Copy Share Image
In discussions around the hiring and firing of Black faculty at universities, the charge is frequently heard that Black women are more… — Audre Lorde Copy Share Image
I am Black because I come from the earth's inside now take my word for jewel in the open light. — Audre Lorde Copy Share Image
I am a Black Lesbian Feminist Warrior Poet Mother, stronger for all my identities, and I am indivisible. — Audre Lorde Copy Share Image
The white fathers told us: I think, therefore I am. The black goddess within each of us - the poet - whispers… — Audre Lorde Copy Share Image
Black women sharing close ties with each other, politically or emotionally, are not the enemies of Black men. — Audre Lorde Copy Share Image
Black women are programmed to define ourselves within this male attention and to compete with each other for it rather than to… — Audre Lorde Copy Share Image
“For Black women as well as Black men, it is axiomatic that if we do not define ourselves for ourselves, we will… — Audre Lorde Copy Share Image
There's always someone asking you to underline one piece of yourself - whether it's Black, woman, mother, dyke, teacher, etc. - because… — Audre Lorde Copy Share Image
I am a Black Feminist. I mean I recognize that my power as well as my primary oppressions come as a result… — Audre Lorde Copy Share Image
Whenever a conscious Black woman raises her voice on issues central to her existence, somebody is going to call her strident, because… — Audre Lorde Copy Share Image
“Black women who define ourselves and our goals beyond the sphere of a sexual relationship can bring to any endeavor the realized… — Audre Lorde Copy Share Image
I stand here as a black lesbian feminist, having been invited to comment within the only panel at this conference where the… — Audre Lorde Copy Share Image
Raising Black children-female and male-in the mouth of a racist, sexist, suicidal dragon is perilous and chancy. If they cannot love and… — Audre Lorde Copy Share Image
As a Black lesbian feminist comfortable with the many different ingredients of my identity, and a woman committed to racial and sexual… — Audre Lorde Copy Share Image
But in a crunch, when all our asses are in the sling, it looks like it is easier to deal with the… — Audre Lorde Copy Share Image
Black and Third World people are expected to educate white people as to our humanity. Women are expected to educate men. Lesbians… — Audre Lorde Copy Share Image
Within the lesbian community I am Black, and within the Black community I am a lesbian. Any attack against Black people is… — Audre Lorde Copy Share Image
Those of us who stand outside the circle of this society's definition of acceptable women; those of us who have been forged… — Audre Lorde Copy Share Image
We have to consciously study how to be tender with each other until it becomes a habit because what was native has… — Audre Lorde Copy Share Image
Black writers, of whatever quality, who step outside the pale of what black writers are supposed to write about, or who black… — Audre Lorde Copy Share Image
But, on the other hand, I get bored with racism too and recognize that there are still many things to be said… — Audre Lorde Copy Share Image
It is not the destiny of Black America to repeat white America's mistakes. But we will, if we mistake the trappings of… — Audre Lorde Copy Share Image
Perhaps...I am the face of one of your fears. Because I am a woman, because I am Black, because I am a… — 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
