black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

I remember how being young and Black and gay and lonely felt. A lot of it was fine, feeling I had the truth and the light and the key, but a lot of it was purely hell.

Related Topics

Black Gay Hell Loneliness Remember Truth

Bagwalas

Popular Authors

Marilyn Monroe Paulo Coelho Abraham Lincoln C. S. Lewis Khalil Gibran Charlie Chaplin Gautama Buddha Isaac Newton

In the recognition of loving lies the answer to despair.
AUDRE LORDE

Despair Love Lying Recognize
Guilt is not a response to anger; it is a response to one’s own actions or lack of action.
AUDRE LORDE

Action Angry Guilty Lack Response
Hopefully, we can learn from the 60s that we cannot afford to do our enemies work by destroying each other.
AUDRE LORDE

Afford Destroy Each Other Enemy Learning Violence
Change is the immediate responsibility of each of us, wherever and however we are standing, in whatever arena we choose.
AUDRE LORDE

Arena Change Choose Immediate Responsiblity Stand
The more I use my strength in the service of my vision the less I am afraid.
AUDRE LORDE

Afraid Inspirational Service Strength Vision
The erotic has often been misnamed by men and used against women.
AUDRE LORDE

Against Erotic Men Women
Pain is important: how we evade it, how we succumb to it, how we deal with it, how we transcend it.
AUDRE LORDE

Deal Evade Important Inspirational Pain Transcend
Guilt and defensiveness are bricks in a wall against which we all flounder; they serve none of our futures.
AUDRE LORDE

Against Brick Defense Future Guilty Serve Wall
I 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 LORDE

Black Black Lives Matter Corruption Destroy Father Man Power Racism
If I didn’t define myself for myself, I would be crunched into other people’s fantasies for me and eaten alive.
AUDRE LORDE

Alive Eat Fantasy Inspirational Myself People Self Respect
We recognize that all knowledge is mediated through the body and that feeling is a profound source of information about our lives.
AUDRE LORDE

Body Feeling Information Knowledge Live Meditation Profound Recognize Source
We are all more blind to what we have than to what we have not.
AUDRE LORDE

Blind Deep Gratitude
Our visions begin with our desires.
AUDRE LORDE

Beginning Desire Inspirational One Liner Vision
To that piece in each of us that refuses to be silent.
AUDRE LORDE

Pieces Refuse Silence
You cannot use someone else’s fire. You can only use your own. And in order to do that, you must first be willing to believe that you have it.
AUDRE LORDE

Believe Fire Motivational Willing Women Empowerment
How hard it is to sleep in the middle of life.
AUDRE LORDE

Deep Life One Liner Sleep Struggle

Copyright: 2020 - 2023 | Minimalist Quotes