What woman here is so enamored of her own oppression that she cannot see her heel print upon another woman's face?
Audre LordeI learned so much from listening to people. And all I knew was, the only thing I had was honesty and openness.
Audre Lorde[Speaking] is never without fear; of visibility, of the harsh light of scrutiny and perhaps judgment, of pain, of death. But we have lived through all of those already, in silence, except death. And I remind myself all the time now, that if I were to have been born mute, and had maintained an oath of silence my whole life for safety, I would still have suffered, and I would still die.
Audre Lorde