I am not free while any woman is unfree, even when her shackles are very different from my own.
AUDRE LORDEI am not free while any woman is unfree, even when her shackles are very different from my own.
AUDRE LORDEOur visions begin with our desires.
AUDRE LORDEWhat I most regretted were my silences. Of what had I ever been afraid?
AUDRE LORDETo that piece in each of us that refuses to be silent.
AUDRE LORDEOut of my flesh that hungers and my mouth that knows comes the shape I am seeking for reason.
AUDRE LORDETo search for power within myself means I must be willing to move through being afraid to whatever lies beyond.
AUDRE LORDEOppressors always expect the oppressed to extend to them the understanding so lacking in themselves.
AUDRE LORDEWe are powerful because we have survived, and that is what it is all about survival and growth.
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 LORDEEach time you love, love as deeply as if it were forever.
AUDRE LORDENothing I accept about myself can be used against me to diminish me.
AUDRE LORDEYour silence will not protect you.
AUDRE LORDEI learned so much from listening to people. And all I knew was, the only thing I had was honesty and openness.
AUDRE LORDEI am a Black, Lesbian, Feminist, Warrior, Poet, Mother – stronger for all my identities, and I am indivisible.
AUDRE LORDEAnger is loaded with information and energy.
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 LORDE