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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

If I do not bring all of who I am to whatever I do, then I bring nothing, or nothing of lasting worth, for I have withheld my essence. — Audre Lorde

I agreed to take part in a New York University Institute for Humanities conference a year ago ... — Audre Lorde

Stoicism and silence does not serve us nor our communities, only the forces of things as they are. — Audre Lorde

When you reach out and touch other human beings, it doesn't matter whether you call it therapy or teaching or poetry. — Audre Lorde

Our feelings are our most genuine paths to knowledge. — Audre Lorde

Dark-bright fire lit eyes — Audre Lorde

Tomorrow belongs to those of us who conceive of it as belonging to everyone; who lend the best of ourselves to it, and with joy. — Audre Lorde

We recognize that all knowledge is mediated through the body and that feeling is a profound source of information about our lives — Audre Lorde

The cockroach
who is dying
and the woman
who is blind
agree
not to notice
each other's shame. — Audre Lorde

If our history has taught us anything, it is that action for change directed against the external conditions of our oppressions is not enough. — Audre Lorde

I have died too many deaths
that were not mine. — Audre Lorde

I am my best work - a series of road maps, reports, recipes, doodles, and prayers from the front lines. — Audre Lorde

We have been raised to fear the yes within ourselves, our deepest cravings. — Audre Lorde

Next time, ask: What's the worst that will happen? Then push yourself a little further than you dare. — Audre Lorde

Guilt is only another way of avoiding informed action. — Audre Lorde

Without community, there is no liberation. — Audre Lorde

What I leave behind has a life of its own. — Audre Lorde

Art is not living. It is a use of living. The artist has the ability to take that living and use it in a certain way, and produce art. — Audre Lorde

I am deliberate and afraid of nothing. — Audre Lorde

Black women sharing close ties with each other, politically or emotionally, are not the enemies of Black men. — Audre Lorde

I am a Black Lesbian Feminist Warrior Poet Mother, stronger for all my identities, and I am indivisible. — Audre Lorde

Say what you have to say now! Don't wait until you're sending blips from the other side. — Audre Lorde

I do not want to be tolerated, or misnamed. I want to be recognized. — Audre Lorde

I feel, therefore I can be free. — Audre Lorde

It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences. — Audre Lorde

I am a post-mastectomy woman who believes our feelings need voice in order to be recognized, respected, and of use. — Audre Lorde

I am a bleak heroism of words that refuse to be buried alive with the liars. — Audre Lorde

In the recognition of loving lies the answer to despair. — Audre Lorde

Hatred is a death wish for the hated, not a life wish for anything else. — Audre Lorde

My fear of anger taught me nothing. — Audre Lorde

The love expressed between women is particular and powerful because we have had to love in order to live; love has been our survival. — Audre Lorde

Nothing I accept about myself can be used against me to diminish me. — Audre Lorde

The difference between poetry and rhetoric
is being ready to kill
yourself
instead of your children. — Audre Lorde