All Audre Lorde Quotes
- And where the words of women are crying to be heard, we must each of us recognize our responsibility to seek those words out, to… Cry
- If they cannot love and resist at the same time, they probably will not survive. Cannot Love
- I am my best work - a series of road maps, reports, recipes, doodles, and prayers from the front lines. Best
- There are many kinds of open. . . Love is a word, another kind of open. . . Take my word for jewel in your… Another Kind
- Sometimes we drug ourselves with dreams of new ideasl The head will save us. The brain alone will set us free. But there are no… Alone
- [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
- What is there possibly left for us to be afraid of, after we have dealt face to face with death and not embraced it? Once… Accept
- Without community, there is no liberation. Change
- For within livin structures defined by profit, by linear power, by institutional dehumanization, our feelings were not meant to survive. Kept around as unavoidable adjuncts… Adjuncts
- ...oppression is as American as apple pie... American
- Institutionalized rejection of difference is an absolute necessity in a profit economy which needs outsiders as surplus people. Absolute
- Our feelings are our most genuine paths to knowledge. Emotional
- Revolution is not a one time event. Event
- Out of my flesh that hungers and my mouth that knows comes the shape I am seeking for reason. Flesh
- Those of us who stand outside the circle of this society's definition of acceptable women; those of us who have been forged in the crucibles… Academic
- 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,… Act
- Sometimes we are blessed with being able to choose the time, and the arena, and the manner of our revolution, but more usually we must… Able
- The erotic is a measure between the beginnings of our sense of self and the chaos of our strongest feelings. Beginnings
- I know the anger lies inside of me like I know the beat of my heart and the taste of my spit. It is easier… Admitting
- I find I am constantly being encouraged to pluck out some one aspect of myself and present this as the meaningful whole, eclipsing or denying… Aspect
- We recognize that all knowledge is mediated through the body and that feeling is a profound source of information about our lives All
- If you come as softly As wind within the trees You may hear what I hear See what sorrow sees. If you come as lightly… Ask
- We have been raised to fear the yes within ourselves, our deepest cravings. Been
- The fact that we are here and that I speak these words is an attempt to break that silence and bridge some of those differences… Attempt
- I soon discovered that if you keep your mouth shut, people are apt to believe you know everything, and they begin to feel freer and… Anxious