In the recognition of loving lies the answer to despair.
AUDRE LORDEIn the recognition of loving lies the answer to despair.
AUDRE LORDEUnless one lives and loves in the trenches, it is difficult to remember that the war against dehumanization is ceaseless.
AUDRE LORDEWe are all more blind to what we have than to what we have not.
AUDRE LORDEIf I didn’t define myself for myself, I would be crunched into other people’s fantasies for me and eaten alive.
AUDRE LORDETo search for power within myself means I must be willing to move through being afraid to whatever lies beyond.
AUDRE LORDEI wish to raise a Black man who will recognize that the legitimate objects of his hostility are not women, but the particulars of a structure that programs him to fear and despise women as well as his own Black self.
AUDRE LORDEWhen I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.
AUDRE LORDEI believe one of the hardest things you can do is conquer your fears, but if you have a goal, then it’s your job to open up and let it be real no matter how scary it seems.
AUDRE LORDEIt does not pay to cherish symbols when the substance lies so close at hand.
AUDRE LORDEWe have to consciously study how to be tender with each other until it becomes a habit because what was native has been stolen from us, the love of Black women for each other.
AUDRE LORDEGuilt is not a response to anger; it is a response to one’s own actions or lack of action.
AUDRE LORDEHow hard it is to sleep in the middle of life.
AUDRE LORDEYou are the one that you are looking for.
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 LORDEDivide and conquer must become define and empower.
AUDRE LORDE