what you hear in my voice is fury, not suffering. Anger, not moral authority

I have died too many deaths that were not mine.

Divide and conquer must become define and empower.

There's always someone asking you to underline one piece of yourself - whether it's Black, woman, mother, dyke, teacher, etc. - because that's the piece that they need to key in to. They want to dismiss everything else.

I have come to believe over and over again that what is most important to me must be spoken, made verbal and shared, even at the risk of having it bruised or misunderstood. That the speaking profits me, beyond any other effect....what I most regretted were my silences. Of what had I ever been afraid? ...Death on the other hand, is the final silence...my silences had not protected me. Your silences will not protect you.

The learning process is something you can incite, literally incite, like a riot.

The erotic is a measure between the beginnings of our sense of self and the chaos of our strongest feelings.