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Audre Lorde Quotes

Audre Lorde quotes about feeling

American Poet February 18, 1934 – January 1, 1992

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I soon discovered that if you keep your mouth shut, people are apt to believe you know everything, and they begin to feel freer and freer to tell you anything, anxious to show that they know something, too. Audre Lorde
For within livin structures defined by profit, by linear power, by institutional dehumanization, our feelings were not meant to survive. Kept around as unavoidable adjuncts or pleasant pastimes, our feelings were expected to kneel to thought as women were expected to kneel to men. But women have survived. As poets. 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. Audre Lorde
Audre Lorde quote: "The erotic is a measure between the beginnings of our sense of..."
The erotic is a measure between the beginnings of our sense of self and the chaos of our strongest feelings. Audre Lorde
Audre Lorde quote: "Our feelings are our most genuine paths to knowledge."
Our feelings are our most genuine paths to knowledge. Audre Lorde
We recognize that all knowledge is mediated through the body and that feeling is a profound source of information about our lives Audre Lorde

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