I agreed to take part in a New York University Institute for Humanities conference a year ago. . . .

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

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

I am a Black Feminist. I mean I recognize that my power as well as my primary oppressions come as a result of my blackness as well as my womaness, and therefore my struggles on both of these fronts are inseparable.

Our visions begin with our desires.

I was going to die, if not sooner, then later, whether or not I had ever spoken myself. My silences had not protected me. Your silence will not protect you.

Sometimes we are blessed with being able to choose the time, and the arena, and the manner of our revolution, but more usually we must do battle where we are standing.