The quality of light by which we scrutinize our lives has direct bearing upon the product which we live, and upon the changes which we hope to bring about through those lives.

Quote by Audre Lorde

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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 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...

Each time you love, love as deeply as if it were forever.

Each time you love, love as deeply as if it were forever.

Once we recognize what it is we are feeling, once we recognize we can feel...

Once we recognize what it is we are feeling, once we recognize we can feel...

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...

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

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

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...

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

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

Poetry is not only dream and vision; it is the skeleton architecture of our lives....

Poetry is not only dream and vision; it is the skeleton architecture of our lives....

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...

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...

The learning process is something you can incite, literally incite, like a riot.

The learning process is something you can incite, literally incite, like a riot.

I would like to do another piece of fiction dealing with a number of issues:...

I would like to do another piece of fiction dealing with a number of issues:...

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...

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...

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...

There are no new ideas. There are only new ways of making them felt.

There are no new ideas. There are only new ways of making them felt.

Our visions begin with our desires.

Our visions begin with our desires.