Audre Lorde

“There is no thing as a single-issue struggle because we do not live single-issue lives.”

“Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare.”

“Poetry is not a luxury. It is a vital necessity of our existence.”

“It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences.”

“Revolution is not a one-time event.”

“Anger is an appropriate reaction to racist attitudes, as is fury when the actions arising from those attitudes do not change.”

“I am deliberate and afraid of nothing.”

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

“When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.”

“Without community, there is no liberation.”

“What I most regretted were my silences.”

“Your silence will not protect you.”

“I am not free while any woman is unfree, even when her shackles are very different from my own.”

“If I didn't define myself for myself, I would be crunched into other people's fantasies for me and eaten alive.”

“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.”