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.
Audre LordeIf I cannot air this pain and alter it, I will surely die of it. That's the beginning of social protest.
Audre LordeDifferences must be not merely tolerated, but seen as a fund of necessary polarities between which our creativity can spark like a dialectic.
Audre LordeNext time, ask: What's the worst that will happen? Then push yourself a little further than you dare.
Audre Lorde