Audre Lorde Quotes

Country:America

Profession:American writer

Born:February 18, 1934

Died:November 17, 1992

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We have been raised to fear the yes within ourselves, our deepest cravings.
AUDRE LORDE

Crave Fear Raise
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

Arise Communication Knowledge Need Oppression Share
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 People Respect Self Respect
Divide and conquer must become define and empower.
AUDRE LORDE

Conquer Divide Empowerment Inspirational
When you reach out and touch other human beings, it doesn’t matter whether you call it therapy or teaching or poetry.
AUDRE LORDE

Human Poetry Teaching Theraphy Touch
You need to reach down and touch the thing that’s boiling inside of you and make it somehow useful.
AUDRE LORDE

Hard Work Motivational Need Touch Work Work Hard
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 Empowerment Motivational Willing Women Women Empowerment
The erotic is a measure between the beginnings of our sense of self and the chaos of our strongest feelings.
AUDRE LORDE

Beginning Choas Erotic Feeling Measure Sense Strong
A choice of pains. That’s what living was all about.
AUDRE LORDE

Abortion Choice Live Pain Struggle Women
I am still learning – how to take joy in all the people I am, how to use all my selves in the service of what I believe, how to accept when I fail and rejoice when I succeed.
AUDRE LORDE

Acceptance Believe Joy Learning People Rejoice Service Success

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