Audre Lorde (born Audrey Geraldine Lorde February 18, 1934 – November 17, 1992) was a Caribbean-American writer and activist.
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Famous quotes by audre lorde:
“Some words
bedevil me.”
—Audre Lorde (b. 1934)
“Poetry is not only dream and vision; it is the skeleton architecture of our lives. It lays the foundations for a future of change, a bridge across our fears of what has never been before.”
—Audre Lorde (1934–1992)
“I am fourteen
and my skin has betrayed me
the boy I cannot live without
still sucks his thumb
in secret”
—Audre Lorde (b. 1934)
“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 sixties were characterized by a heady belief in instantaneous solutions.”
—Audre Lorde (1934–1992)