Audre Lorde Quotes about Literature

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We have to consciously study how to be tender with each other until it becomes a habit because what was native has been stolen from us, the love of Black women for each other.

We have to consciously study how to be tender with each other until it becomes a habit because what was native has been stolen from us, the love of Black women for each other.

Audre Lorde

Black, Literature, Study

"Sister Outsider" by Audre Lorde, ("Eye to Eye"), 1984.

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

Audre Lorde

Why Not, Literature, Sexuality

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

Audre Lorde

Literature, Belief, Instantaneous

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.

Audre Lorde

Light, Quality, Literature

Audre Lorde (2012). “Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches”, p.36, Crossing Press