Quotes from Audre Lorde's "Sister Outsider"

"Your silence will not protect you."

"If we wait until we are unafraid to speak, we will be speaking from our graves."

"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."

"The quality of light by which we scrutinize our lives has direct bearing upon the changes which we hope to bring about through those lives."

"It is not difference which immobilizes us, but silence."

"When I dare to be powerful--to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whather I am afraid."

Found in Paris Barclay's "Final Cut"
The Advocate, May 25, 2004, p.60