There are no new ideas. There are only new ways of making them felt.
AUDRE LORDEThere are no new ideas. There are only new ways of making them felt.
AUDRE LORDEDark-bright fire lit eyes.
AUDRE LORDEI started writing because I had a need inside of me to create something that was not there.
AUDRE LORDEThe true focus of revolutionary change is never merely the oppressive situations that we seek to escape, but that piece of the oppressor which is planted deep within each of us.
AUDRE LORDEAnger, used, does not destroy. Hatred does.
AUDRE LORDEI am deliberate and afraid of nothing.
AUDRE LORDEDivide and conquer must become define and empower.
AUDRE LORDEIf they cannot love and resist at the same time, they probably will not survive.
AUDRE LORDEYou need to reach down and touch the thing that’s boiling inside of you and make it somehow useful.
AUDRE LORDEWhen we speak we are afraid our words will not be heard or welcomed. But when we are silent, we are still afraid. So it is better to speak.
AUDRE LORDEYour silence will not protect you.
AUDRE LORDESometimes we are blessed with being able to choose the time, and the arena, and the manner of our revolution, but more usually we must do battle where we are standing.
AUDRE LORDETo search for power within myself means I must be willing to move through being afraid to whatever lies beyond.
AUDRE LORDEI have a duty to speak the truth as I see it and share not just my triumphs, not just the things that felt good, but the pain, the intense, often unmitigated pain. It is important to share how I know survival is survival and not just a walk throught the rain.
AUDRE LORDEBlack and Third World people are expected to educate white people as to our humanity.
AUDRE LORDEIn the recognition of loving lies the answer to despair.
AUDRE LORDE