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
The master's tools will never dismantle the master's house. Audre Lorde dismantlehousemaster 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
It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences. Audre Lorde acceptcelebratedifference Change image and share on social
When I use my strength in the service of my vision it makes no difference whether or not I am afraid. Audre Lorde afraiddifferencemake Change image and share on social
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 afraiddareimportant Change image and share on social
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 blackconsciouslyhabit Change image and share on social
Part of the lesbian consciousness is an absolute recognition of the erotic within our lives and, taking that a step further, dealing with the erotic not only in sexual terms. Audre Lorde absoluteconsciousnessdeal Change image and share on social
There are lesbians, God knows... if you came up through lesbian circles in the forties and fifties in New York... who were not feminist and would not call themselves feminists. Audre Lorde callcirclefeminist Change image and share on social
Black writers, of whatever quality, who step outside the pale of what black writers are supposed to write about, or who black writers are supposed to be, are condemned to silences in black literary circles that are as total and as destructive as any imposed by racism. Audre Lorde blackcirclecondemn share on social
