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Audre Lorde Quotes

Some of our finest writers, organizers, artists, and scholars in the 60s as well as today, have been lesbian and gay, and history will bear me out Picture Quote #1

I find I am constantly being encouraged to pluck out some one aspect of myself and present this as the meaningful whole, eclipsing or denying the other parts of self Picture Quote #1

But the true feminist deals out of a lesbian consciousness whether or not she ever sleeps with women Picture Quote #1

Some women wait for themselves around the next corner and call the empty spot peace but the opposite of living is only not living and the stars do not care Picture Quote #1

If I waited to be right before I spoke, I would be sending little cryptic messages on the Ouija board, complaints from the other side Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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... poetry is not a luxury. It is a vital necessity of our existence. It forms the quality of the light within which we predicate our hopes and dreams toward survival and change, first made into language, then into idea, then into more tangible action. Poetry is the way we help give name to the nameless so it can be thought. The farthest horizons of our hopes and fears are cobbled by our poems, carved from the rock experiences of our daily lives Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

There is no such thing as a single issue struggle because we do not lead single issue lives Picture Quote #1

The fear of death is that you are dying too soon. Nobody wants to, but at the point that you die you can pray that you are no longer the same person. I pray that when I am about to die I will not be the same person that I am now Picture Quote #1

Love is a word, another kind of open. As the diamond comes into a knot of flame I am black because I come from the earth's inside take my word for jewel in the open light Picture Quote #1

We tend to think of the erotic as an easy, tantalizing sexual arousal. I speak of the erotic as the deepest life force, a force which moves us toward living in a fundamental way Picture Quote #1

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Who I am is what fulfills me and what fulfills the vision I have of a world Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Life is very short and what we have to do must be done in the now Picture Quote #1

I have come to believe that caring for myself is not self-indulgent. Caring for myself is an act of survival Picture Quote #1

If you don’t define yourself for yourself then you will be crushed into other’s fantasies of you and eaten alive Picture Quote #1

Poetry is the way we help give name to the nameless so it can be thought Picture Quote #1

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The more I use my strength in the service of my vision the less I am afraid Picture Quote #1

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Some of our finest writers, organizers, artists, and scholars in the 60s as well as today, have been lesbian and gay, and history will bear me out (Audre Lorde Quotes) I find I am constantly being encouraged to pluck out some one aspect of myself and present this as the meaningful whole, eclipsing or denying the other parts of self (Audre Lorde Quotes) But the true feminist deals out of a lesbian consciousness whether or not she ever sleeps with women (Audre Lorde Quotes) Some women wait for themselves around the next corner and call the empty spot peace but the opposite of living is only not living and the stars do not care (Audre Lorde Quotes) If I waited to be right before I spoke, I would be sending little cryptic messages on the Ouija board, complaints from the other side (Audre Lorde Quotes) 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 Quotes) ... poetry is not a luxury. It is a vital necessity of our existence. It forms the quality of the light within which we predicate our hopes and dreams toward survival and change, first made into language, then into idea, then into more tangible action. Poetry is the way we help give name to the nameless so it can be thought. The farthest horizons of our hopes and fears are cobbled by our poems, carved from the rock experiences of our daily lives (Audre Lorde Quotes) 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 Quotes) There is no such thing as a single issue struggle because we do not lead single issue lives (Audre Lorde Quotes) The fear of death is that you are dying too soon. Nobody wants to, but at the point that you die you can pray that you are no longer the same person. I pray that when I am about to die I will not be the same person that I am now (Audre Lorde Quotes) Love is a word, another kind of open. As the diamond comes into a knot of flame I am black because I come from the earth's inside take my word for jewel in the open light (Audre Lorde Quotes) We tend to think of the erotic as an easy, tantalizing sexual arousal. I speak of the erotic as the deepest life force, a force which moves us toward living in a fundamental way (Audre Lorde Quotes) Who I am is what fulfills me and what fulfills the vision I have of a world (Audre Lorde Quotes) 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 (Audre Lorde Quotes) Life is very short and what we have to do must be done in the now (Audre Lorde Quotes) I have come to believe that caring for myself is not self-indulgent. Caring for myself is an act of survival (Audre Lorde Quotes) If you don’t define yourself for yourself then you will be crushed into other’s fantasies of you and eaten alive (Audre Lorde Quotes) Poetry is the way we help give name to the nameless so it can be thought (Audre Lorde Quotes) The more I use my strength in the service of my vision the less I am afraid (Audre Lorde Quotes)

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