I have come to believe that caring for myself is not self-indulgent. Caring for myself is an act of survival.
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.
More Audre Lorde Quotes
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I learned so much from listening to people. And all I knew was, the only thing I had was honesty and openness.
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I have been woman for a long time beware my smile I am treacherous with old magic.
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Institutionalized rejection of difference is an absolute necessity in a profit economy which needs outsiders as surplus people.
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When times are hard, do something. If it works, do it some more. If it does not work, do something else. But keep going.
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The transformation of silence into language and action is an act of self-revelation .
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Anger, used, does not destroy. Hatred does.
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In our work and in our living, we must recognize that difference is a reason for celebration and growth, rather than a reason for destruction.
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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.
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Out of my flesh that hungers and my mouth that knows comes the shape I am seeking for reason.
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I am deliberate and afraid of nothing.
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Change is the immediate responsibility of each of us, wherever and however we are standing, in whatever arena we choose.
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Revolution is not a one time event.
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The erotic has often been misnamed by men and used against women.
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There is no thing as a single-issue struggle because we do not live single-issue lives.
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Some problems we share as women, some we do not.
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