Audre Lorde Quotes

Your silence will not protect you. - Audre Lorde

You know how fighting fish do it? They blow bubbles and in each one of those bubbles is an egg and they float the egg up to the surface. They keep this whole heavy nest of eggs floating, and they're constantly repairing it. It's as if they live in both elements. - Audre Lorde

Who I am is what fulfills me and what fulfills the vision I have of a world. - Audre Lorde

When we speak we are afraid our words will not be heard or welcomed. But when we are silent, we are still afraid. So it is better to speak. - Audre Lorde

When we create out of our experiences, as feminists of color, women of color, we have to develop those structures that will present and circulate our culture. - Audre Lorde

When I use my strength in the service of may vision it makes no difference whether or not I am afraid. - 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. - Audre Lorde

We 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 Lorde

There are no new ideas. There are only new ways of making them felt. - Audre Lorde

The sixties were characterized by a heady belief in instantaneous solutions. - Audre Lorde

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