Audre Geraldine Lorde was an American writer, poet and activist.
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“Our visions begin with our desires.”
Audre Lorde
“When 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”
“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.”
“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.”
“If I didn't define myself for myself, I would be crunched into other people's fantasies for me and eaten alive.”
“Our feelings are our most genuine paths to knowledge”
“The sharing of joy, whether physical, emotional, psychic, or intellectual, forms a bridge between the sharers which can be the basis for understanding much of what is not shared between them, and lessens the threat of their difference.”
“Life is very short and what we have to do must be done in the now.”
“The quality of light by which we scrutinize our lives has direct bearing upon the product which we live, and upon the changes which we hope to bring about through those lives.”
“I am deliberate and afraid of nothing.”