"We have to consciously study how to be tender with each other until it becomes a habit because what was native has been stolen from us, the love of Black women for each other."
― Audre Lorde
Topic(s): Women
― Audre Lorde
More From Audre Lorde
- "Black women are programmed to define ourselves within this male attention and to compete with each other for it rather than to recognize and move upon our common interests."
- "When I dare to be powerful – to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid."
- "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."
More In Women
- "My grandparents got married at a very young age, and a lot of what I think about marriage is based on their relationship."― Kyle Chandler
- "I think women are concerned too much with their clothes. Men don’t really care that much about women’s clothes. If they like a girl, chances are they’ll like her clothes."― Hedy Lamarr
- "I am a soul. I know well that what I shall render up to the grave is not myself. That which is myself will go elsewhere. Earth, thou art not my abyss!"― Victor Hugo