Only by learning to live in harmony with your contradictions can you keep it all afloat.

Quote by Audre Lorde

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Your silence will not protect you.

Your silence will not protect you.

I have come to believe over and over again that what is most important to...

I have come to believe over and over again that what is most important to...

Life is very short and what we have to do must be done in the...

Life is very short and what we have to do must be done in the...

Black women are programmed to define ourselves within this male attention and to compete with...

Black women are programmed to define ourselves within this male attention and to compete with...

When I dare to be powerful - to use my strength in the service of...

When I dare to be powerful - to use my strength in the service of...

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

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

I remember how being young and black and gay and lonely felt. A lot of...

I remember how being young and black and gay and lonely felt. A lot of...

The quality of light by which we scrutinize our lives has direct bearing upon the...

The quality of light by which we scrutinize our lives has direct bearing upon the...

We have to consciously study how to be tender with each other until it becomes...

We have to consciously study how to be tender with each other until it becomes...

It's possible to take that as a personal metaphor and then multiply it to a...

It's possible to take that as a personal metaphor and then multiply it to a...

I write for those women who do not speak, for those who do not have...

I write for those women who do not speak, for those who do not have...

I am deliberate and afraid of nothing.

I am deliberate and afraid of nothing.

It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept,...

It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept,...

I believe one of the hardest things you can do is conquer your fears, but...

I believe one of the hardest things you can do is conquer your fears, but...

It's a struggle but that's why we exist, so that another generation of Lesbians of...

It's a struggle but that's why we exist, so that another generation of Lesbians of...

I can't really define it in sexual terms alone although our sexuality is so energizing...

I can't really define it in sexual terms alone although our sexuality is so energizing...

If I didn't define myself for myself, I would be crunched into other people's fantasies...

If I didn't define myself for myself, I would be crunched into other people's fantasies...

In discussions around the hiring and firing of Black faculty at universities, the charge is...

In discussions around the hiring and firing of Black faculty at universities, the charge is...

The failure of academic feminists to recognize difference as a crucial strength is a failure...

The failure of academic feminists to recognize difference as a crucial strength is a failure...

In other words, I would be giving in to a myth of sameness which I...

In other words, I would be giving in to a myth of sameness which I...