#her

In Spain, the dead are more alive than the dead of any other country in the world. ↗

— Federico Garcia Lorca

#any #country #dead #more #other

I never turned down a mother role. ↗

— Dorothy Malone

#i #mother #never #role #turned

The sharing of joy, whether physical, emotional, psychic, or intellectual, forms a bridge between the sharers which can be the basis for understanding much of what is not shared between them, and lessens the threat of their difference. ↗

— Audre Lorde

#between #bridge #difference #emotional #forms

When I use my strength in the service of my vision it makes no difference whether or not I am afraid. ↗

— Audre Lorde

#afraid #am #difference #i #i am

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. ↗

— Audre Lorde

#black #common #common interests #compete #define

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

— Audre Lorde

#deals #ever #feminist #lesbian #out

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. ↗

— Audre Lorde

#am #becomes #dare #i #i am

When you are a mother, you are never really alone in your thoughts. A mother always has to think twice, once for herself and once for her child. ↗

— Sophia Loren

#always #child #her #herself #mother

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. ↗

— Audre Lorde

#asking #because #black #dismiss #dyke

Black women sharing close ties with each other, politically or emotionally, are not the enemies of Black men. ↗

— Audre Lorde

#close #each #emotionally #men #other