When we speak we are afraid our words will not be heard or welcomed. But when we are silent, we are still afraid. So it is better to speak.

Quote by Audre Lorde

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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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

Our visions begin with our desires.

Our visions begin with our desires.

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.

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...

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 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...

Fear is, I believe, a most effective tool in destroying the soul of an individual...

Fear is, I believe, a most effective tool in destroying the soul of an individual...

One of the things which danger does to you after a time is -, well,...

One of the things which danger does to you after a time is -, well,...

A lot of people are afraid to say what they want. That's why they don't...

A lot of people are afraid to say what they want. That's why they don't...

I don't believe in anything and that makes me stronger than you think

I don't believe in anything and that makes me stronger than you think