Audre Lorde on love
Audre Lorde101 quotes“If they cannot love and resist at the same time, they probably will not survive.”
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Each time you love, love as deeply as if it were forever.
Audre LordeAudre Lorde Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare.
Audre LordeAudre Lorde Wherever the bird with no feet flew, she found trees with no limbs.
Audre LordeAudre Lorde We are all more blind to what we have than to what we have not.
Audre LordeAudre Lorde Oppressors always expect the oppressed to extend to them the understanding so lacking in themselves.
Audre LordeAudre Lorde You are the one that you are looking for.
Audre LordeAudre Lorde I am not only a casualty, I am also a warrior.
Audre LordeAudre Lorde When 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 LordeAudre Lorde We have been raised to fear the yes within ourselves, our deepest cravings.
Audre LordeAudre Lorde Whenever the need for some pretense of communication arises, those who profit from our oppression call upon us to share our knowledge with them
Audre LordeAudre Lorde If I didn’t define myself for myself, I would be crunched into other people’s fantasies for me and eaten alive.
Audre LordeAudre Lorde Divide and conquer must become define and empower.
Audre LordeAudre Lorde When you reach out and touch other human beings, it doesn’t matter whether you call it therapy or teaching or poetry.
Audre LordeAudre Lorde You need to reach down and touch the thing that’s boiling inside of you and make it somehow useful.
Audre LordeAudre Lorde 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 LordeAudre Lorde The erotic is a measure between the beginnings of our sense of self and the chaos of our strongest feelings.
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Chris AllchinChris Allchin Permanence is a wonderful magician. Now you see him, next he goes on to perform the greatest disappearing act of all time.
Hamilton K. AmadiHamilton K. Amadi Live to be happy not to impress.
Hayley EvansHayley Evans You shined your light on all the things I’ve been trying so hard to hide.
CindyCindy You are the love I could never escape not that I would ever want to.
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