...and that visibility which makes us most vulnerable is that which also is the source of our greatest strength.
- Audre Lorde
More Quotes By Audre Lorde
- [Speaking] is never without fear; of visibility, of the harsh light of scrutiny and perhaps judgment, of pain,...
- When I dare to be powerful – to use my strength in the service of my vision, then...
- The failure of academic feminists to recognize difference as a crucial strength is a failure to reach beyond...
- It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those...
- There is no thing as a single-issue struggle because we do not live single-issue lives.
- Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare.
- When we speak we are afraid our words will not be heard or welcomed. But when we are...
- The speaking will get easier and easier. And you will find you have fallen in love with your...
- If I didn’t define myself for myself, I would be crunched into other people’s fantasies for me and...
- Some problems we share as women, some we do not. You [white women] fear your children will grow...
- My silences had not protected me. Your silence will not protect you. But for every real word spoken,...
- Black and Third World people are expected to educate white people as to our humanity. Women are expected...
- Tomorrow belongs to those of us who conceive of it as belonging to everyone; who lend the best...
- It is learning how to stand alone, unpopular and sometimes reviled, and how to make common cause with...
- If I cannot air this pain and alter it, I will surely die of it. That’s the beginning...
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