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Audre Lorde Quotes

American - Poet | February 18, 1934 - November 17, 1992

There's always someone asking you to underline one piece of yourself - whether it's Black, woman, mother, dyke, teacher, etc. - because that's the piece that they need to key in to. They want to dismiss everything else.

Mother Teacher Woman Yourself Key

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

Ideas Brainy New New Ideas Only

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

Love Valentine's Day Time You Deeply

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

Words Think Giving Myth Destroy Us

Our visions begin with our desires.

Begin Desires Our Visions

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

Learning Process You Something Riot

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

Life Short Done Now Must Very

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

Myself Me Protect Hold Away Arms

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

Learning Live You Harmony Keep Your

When I use my strength in the service of my vision it makes no difference whether or not I am afraid.

Strength Vision Service I Am Afraid

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

Belief Sixties Solutions Were Heady

Black women are programmed to define ourselves within this male attention and to compete with each other for it rather than to recognize and move upon our common interests.

Women Black Attention Within Compete

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