The erotic is a measure between the beginnings of our sense of self and the chaos of our strongest feelings.
Audre LordeInstitutionalized rejection of difference is an absolute necessity in a profit economy which needs outsiders as surplus people.
Audre LordeFor those of us who write, it is necessary to scrutinize not only the truth of what we speak, but the truth of that language by which we speak it.
Audre Lorde