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“I can't really define it in sexual terms alone although our sexuality is so energizing why not enjoy it too?”

Quote by Audre Lorde

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Audre Lorde, an American writer, poet, and speaker, was born on February 18, 1934, and passed away on November 17, 1992. Known for her profound insights into race, gender, and sexual orientation, her work encompasses poetry, prose, and novels, which have had a profound impact on contemporary literature and social movements. more

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“In other words, I would be giving in to a myth of sameness which I think can destroy us.”

Thinking Giving Would Be Literature Myth Giving In Sameness

Book:Conversations with Audre Lorde

Source: Conversations with Audre Lorde

“Black writers, of whatever quality, who step outside the pale of what black writers are supposed to write about, or who black writers are supposed to be, are condemned to silences in black literary circles that are as total and as destructive as any imposed by racism.”

Writing Literature Black Silence Quality Steps Racism Circles Supposed To Be Destructive Racist Pale

Book:Conversations with Audre Lorde

Source: Conversations with Audre Lorde

“The sixties were characterized by a heady belief in instantaneous solutions.”

Literature Belief Solutions Sixty Instantaneous

Author:Audre Lorde

“I remember how being young and black and gay and lonely felt. A lot of it was fine, feeling I had the truth and the light and the key, but a lot of it was purely hell.”

Feelings Light Remember Young Literature Felt Black Hell Keys Fine Gay Racism Lonely Being Lonely

Author:Audre Lorde

“Part of the lesbian consciousness is an absolute recognition of the erotic within our lives and, taking that a step further, dealing with the erotic not only in sexual terms.”

Term Consciousness Steps Our Lives Absolutes Recognition Erotic

Author:Audre Lorde

“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.”

World Firsts Literature Differences Lessons Feminist Conquer Empowering Our World Divides Crucial Academic Divide And Conquer

Book:Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches

Source: Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches

“The quality of light by which we scrutinize our lives has direct bearing upon the product which we live, and upon the changes which we hope to bring about through those lives.”

Light Literature Quality Our Lives Products Direct Scrutinize

Book:Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches

Source: Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches

“But, on the other hand, I get bored with racism too and recognize that there are still many things to be said about a Black person and a White person loving each other in a racist society.”

Persons Said Stills Hands Black White Racism Bored Racist Black Person

Author:Audre Lorde

“I would like to do another piece of fiction dealing with a number of issues: Lesbian parenting, the 1960's, and interracial relationships in the Lesbian and Gay community.”

Literature Community Numbers Fiction Issues Pieces Gay 1960s Gay Pride Gay Community

Book:Conversations with Audre Lorde

Source: Conversations with Audre Lorde

“But the question is a matter of the survival and the teaching. That's what our work comes down to. No matter where we key into it, it's the same work, just different pieces of ourselves doing it.”

Different Matter Pieces Teaching Keys Survival

Book:Conversations with Audre Lorde

Source: Conversations with Audre Lorde