There is no thing as a single-issue struggle because we do not live single-issue lives.
AUDRE LORDETomorrow belongs to those of us who conceive of it as belonging to everyone; who lend the best of ourselves to it, and with joy.
More Audre Lorde Quotes
-
-
Institutionalized rejection of difference is an absolute necessity in a profit economy which needs outsiders as surplus people.
AUDRE LORDE -
Women are powerful and dangerous.
AUDRE LORDE -
I learned so much from listening to people. And all I knew was, the only thing I had was honesty and openness.
AUDRE LORDE -
It’s a struggle but that’s why we exist, so that another generation of Lesbians of color will not have to invent themselves, or their history, all over again.
AUDRE LORDE -
Unless one lives and loves in the trenches, it is difficult to remember that the war against dehumanization is ceaseless.
AUDRE LORDE -
I have a duty to speak the truth as I see it and share not just my triumphs, not just the things that felt good, but the pain, the intense, often unmitigated pain. It is important to share how I know survival is survival and not just a walk throught the rain.
AUDRE LORDE -
I 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 LORDE -
When you reach out and touch other human beings, it doesn’t matter whether you call it therapy or teaching or poetry.
AUDRE 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 LORDE -
We must constantly encourage ourselves and each other to attempt the heretical actions that our dreams imply and so many of our old ideas disparage.
AUDRE LORDE -
If they cannot love and resist at the same time, they probably will not survive.
AUDRE 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 LORDE -
Revolution is not a one time event.
AUDRE LORDE -
Construct templates for possible futures, and focus our rage for change upon our enemies rather than upon each other.
AUDRE LORDE -
Oppressors always expect the oppressed to extend to them the understanding so lacking in themselves.
AUDRE LORDE






