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Audre Lorde Quotes

I have come to believe over and over again that what is most important to me must be spoken, made verbal and shared, even at the risk of having it bruised or misunderstood.
Audre Lorde

Biography

Author Profession: Poet
Nationality: American
Born: February 18, 1934
Died: 1992

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

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

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

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

Our visions begin with our desires.
Audre Lorde

I write for those women who do not speak, for those who do not have a voice because they were so terrified, because we are taught to respect fear more than ourselves. We've been taught that silence would save us, but it won't.
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