Audre Lorde
(1934–1992) Lorde was a poet and activist involved in the civil rights, antiwar, and feminist movements.
- "The Transformation of Silence into Language and Action" (1977)
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Famous quotes by audre lorde:
“Some words
bedevil me.”
—Audre Lorde (b. 1934)
“I am Black because I come from the earth’s inside
now take my word for jewel in the open light.”
—Audre Lorde (b. 1934)
“The sixties were characterized by a heady belief in instantaneous solutions.”
—Audre Lorde (1934–1992)
“Advocating the mere tolerance of difference between women is the grossest reformism. It is a total denial of the creative function of difference in our lives. Difference must be not merely tolerated, but seen as a fund of necessary polarities between which our creativity can spark like a dialectic.”
—Audre Lorde (1934–1992)
“The difference between poetry and rhetoric
is being
ready to kill
yourself
instead of your children.”
—Audre Lorde (1934–1992)