We have to consciously study how to be tender with each other until it becomes a habit because what was native has been stolen from us, the love of Black women for each other.

Quote by Audre Lorde

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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...

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...

Attend me, hold me in your muscular flowering arms, protect me from throwing any part...

Attend me, hold me in your muscular flowering arms, protect me from throwing any part...

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...

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 our work and in our living, we must recognize that difference is a reason...

In our work and in our living, we must recognize that difference is a reason...

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...

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 sharing close ties with each other, politically or emotionally, are not the enemies...

Black women sharing close ties with each other, politically or emotionally, are not the enemies...

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...

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....

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

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

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...

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.

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

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

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...

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...

When we speak we are afraid our words will not be heard or welcomed. But...

When we speak we are afraid our words will not be heard or welcomed. But...

I am deliberate and afraid of nothing.

I am deliberate and afraid of nothing.

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...