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

Quote by Audre Lorde

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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...

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...

But, on the other hand, I get bored with racism too and recognize that there...

But, on the other hand, I get bored with racism too and recognize that there...

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...

The master's tools will never dismantle the master's house.

The master's tools will never dismantle the master's house.

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...

There are lesbians, God knows... if you came up through lesbian circles in the forties...

There are lesbians, God knows... if you came up through lesbian circles in the forties...

Art is not living. It is the use of living.

Art is not living. It is the use of living.

Even the smallest victory is never to be taken for granted. Each victory must be...

Even the smallest victory is never to be taken for granted. Each victory must be...

But the question is a matter of the survival and the teaching. That's what our...

But the question is a matter of the survival and the teaching. That's what our...

When I use my strength in the service of my vision it makes no difference...

When I use my strength in the service of my vision it makes no difference...

Your silence will not protect you.

Your silence will not protect you.

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...

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...

Part of the lesbian consciousness is an absolute recognition of the erotic within our lives...

Part of the lesbian consciousness is an absolute recognition of the erotic within our lives...

Black writers, of whatever quality, who step outside the pale of what black writers are...

Black writers, of whatever quality, who step outside the pale of what black writers are...

The sharing of joy, whether physical, emotional, psychic, or intellectual, forms a bridge between the...

The sharing of joy, whether physical, emotional, psychic, or intellectual, forms a bridge between the...

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

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

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...

You know how fighting fish do it? They blow bubbles and in each one of...

You know how fighting fish do it? They blow bubbles and in each one of...