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. Audre Lorde basisbridgedifference share on social
But the question is a matter of the survival and the teaching. That's what our work comes down to. No matter where we key into it, it's the same work, just different pieces of ourselves doing it. Audre Lorde keymatterpiece Change image and share on social
It's possible to take that as a personal metaphor and then multiply it to a people, a race, a sex, a time. If we can keep this thing going long enough, if we can survive and teach what we know, we'll make it. Audre Lorde longmakemetaphor share on social
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. Audre Lorde blackfeltfine Change image and share on social
Attend me, hold me in your muscular flowering arms, protect me from throwing any part of myself away. Audre Lorde armattendflower Change image and share on social
Each time you love, love as deeply as if it were forever. Audre Lorde deeplyforeverlove Change image and share on social
If I didn't define myself for myself, I would be crunched into other people's fantasies for me and eaten alive. Audre Lorde alivecrunchdefine Change image and share on social
There's always someone asking you to underline one piece of yourself - whether it's Black, woman, mother, dyke, teacher, etc. - because that's the piece that they need to key in to. They want to dismiss everything else. Audre Lorde blackdismissdyke share on social
The learning process is something you can incite, literally incite, like a riot. Audre Lorde incitelearnliterally Change image and share on social
In our work and in our living, we must recognize that difference is a reason for celebration and growth, rather than a reason for destruction. Audre Lorde celebrationdestructiondifference Change image and share on social
