Quote by Audre Lorde
But the true feminist deals out of a lesbian consciousness whether

But the true feminist deals out of a lesbian consciousness whether or not she ever sleeps with women. – Audre Lorde

Other quotes by Audre Lorde

I write for those women who do not speak, for those who do not have a voice because they were so terrified, because we are taught to respect fear more than ourselves. Weve been taught that silence would save us, but it wont. – Audre Lorde

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Fear
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Theres always someone asking you to underline one piece of yourself – whether its Black, woman, mother, dyke, teacher, etc. – because thats the piece that they need to key in to. They want to dismiss everything else. – Audre Lorde

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teacher
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I remember how being young and black and gay and lonely felt. A lot of it was fine, feeling I had the truth and the light and the key, but a lot of it was purely hell. – Audre Lorde

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Truth
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Curve: The loveliest distance between two points. – Mae West

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Women

Do you not know I am a woman? when I think, I must speak. – William Shakespeare, As You Like It

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Women

This man is frank and earnest with women. In Fresno, hes Frank and in Chicago hes Ernest. – Henny Youngman

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Women

Women hate everything which strips off the tinsel of sentiment, and they are right, or it would rob them of their weapons. – George Byron

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Women

Random Quotes

Make it thy business to know thyself, which is the most difficult lesson in the world. Yet from this lesson thou will learn to avoid the frogs foolish ambition of swelling to rival the bigness of the ox. – Miguel de Cervantes

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Self Respect

The wise are wise only because they love. The fool are fools only because they think they can understand love. – Paulo Coelho

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Love

We especially need imagination in science. It is not all mathematics, nor all logic, but it is somewhat beauty and poetry. – Maria Montessori

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Beauty

Death is losing its terror. It is the emergency exit for a world that is becoming more frightening death ever was. – Julian Green, Diary, 1958 December 28

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Society