Audre Lorde (born Audrey Geraldine Lorde February 18, 1934 – November 17, 1992) was a Caribbean-American writer and activist.
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“Our visions begin with our desires.”
—Audre Lorde (1934–1992)
“The sixties were characterized by a heady belief in instantaneous solutions.”
—Audre Lorde (1934–1992)
“The difference between poetry and rhetoric
is being
ready to kill
yourself
instead of your children.”
—Audre Lorde (1934–1992)
“This could be the day.
I could slip anchor and wander
to the end of the jetty
uncoil into the waters
a vessel of light moonglade
ride the freshets to sundown”
—Audre Lorde (1934–1992)
“The failure of academic feminists to recognize difference as a crucial strength is a failure to reach beyond the first patriarchal lesson. In our world, divide and conquer must become define and empower.”
—Audre Lorde (1934–1992)