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Audre Lorde Quotes


A Caribbean-American writer, poet and activist.
Audre Geraldine Lorde (February 18, 1934 – November 17, 1992) was a Caribbean-American writer, poet and activist.

Here are some famous quotes by Audre Lorde.

Our visions begin with our desires.

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I am deliberate and afraid of nothing.

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Hatred is a death wish for the hated not a life wish for anything else.

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While we wait in silence for that final luxury of fearlessness the weight of that silence will choke us.

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I realize that if I wait until I am no longer afraid to act write speak be I'll be sending messages on a ouija board cryptic complaints from the other side.

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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.

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I became more courageous by doing the very things I needed to be courageous for-first a little and badly. Then bit by bit more and better. Being avidly-sometimes annoy-ingly-curious and persistent about discovering how others were doing what I wanted to do.