Audre Lorde

"In our work and in our living, we must recognize that difference is a reason for celebration and growth, rather than a reason for destruction."

"Life is very short and what we have to do must be done in the now."

"Only by learning to live in harmony with your contradictions can you keep it all afloat."

"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."

"The learning process is something you can incite, literally incite, like a riot."

"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."

"When I dare to be powerful - to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid."

"When I use my strength in the service of my vision it makes no difference whether or not I am afraid."