"and when we speak
we are afraid
our words will not be heard
nor welcomed
but when we are silent
we are still afraid
So it is better to speak
remembering
we were never meant
to survive"
~Audre Lorde
(The Black Unicorn: Poems)
"Despair and isolation are my greatest internal enemies; I need to remember I am not alone, even when it feels that way." ~Audre Lorde
"I am still learning how to take joy in all the people I am, how to use all my selves in the service of what I believe, how to accept when I fail and rejoice when I succeed." ~Audre Lorde, African-American Author (1934-1992)
"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." ~Audre Lorde
"I have come to believe that caring for myself is not self indulgent. Caring for myself is an act of survival." ~Audre Lorde
"It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences." ~Audre Lorde
"Like wildflowers you must allow yourself to grow in all the places people thought you never would." -Audre Lorde
"Our feelings are our most genuine paths to knowledge." ~Audre Lorde
"Our visions begin with our desires." ~Audre Lorde
"Poetry is the way we help give name to the nameless so it can be thought." ~Audre Lorde
"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
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"Our feelings are our most genuine paths to knowledge." ~Audre Lorde
"Our visions begin with our desires." ~Audre Lorde
"Poetry is the way we help give name to the nameless so it can be thought." ~Audre Lorde
"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
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Oberon NSW
