Quote by Audre Lorde
"I came out of fifteen years of silence speaking my poetry."
More from Audre Lorde
"It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences."
"Your silence will not protect you."
"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."
"We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men; and among those fibers, as sympathetic threads, we feel every quiver they experience."