Out of my flesh that hungers and my mouth that knows comes the shape I am seeking for reason.
AUDRE LORDEOut of my flesh that hungers and my mouth that knows comes the shape I am seeking for reason.
AUDRE LORDEYour silence will not protect you.
AUDRE LORDEI wish to raise a Black man who will not be destroyed by, nor settle for, those corruptions called power by the white fathers who mean his destruction as surely as they mean mine.
AUDRE LORDEThe Seventh Sense – Women who build nations learn to love men who build nations learn to love children building sand castles by the rising sea.
AUDRE LORDEHow hard it is to sleep in the middle of life.
AUDRE LORDEThe more I use my strength in the service of my vision the less I am afraid.
AUDRE LORDEEach time you love, love as deeply as if it were forever.
AUDRE LORDEI have come to believe over and over again that what is most important to me must be spoken, made verbal and shared, even at the risk of having it bruised or misunderstood.
AUDRE LORDEAnger, used, does not destroy. Hatred does.
AUDRE LORDEWhat woman here is so enamored of her own oppression that she cannot see her heel print upon another woman’s face?
AUDRE LORDEGuilt and defensiveness are bricks in a wall against which we all flounder; they serve none of our futures.
AUDRE LORDEYou are the one that you are looking for.
AUDRE LORDEI have died too many deaths that were not mine.
AUDRE LORDEWhen you reach out and touch other human beings, it doesn’t matter whether you call it therapy or teaching or poetry.
AUDRE LORDEDark-bright fire lit eyes.
AUDRE LORDEI have been woman for a long time beware my smile I am treacherous with old magic.
AUDRE LORDE