“When I use my strength in the service of my vision it makes no difference whether or not I am afraid.”– Audre Lorde Related Quotes “When I write down my thoughts, they do not escape me. This action makes me remember my strength which I forget at all times. I educate myself proportionately to my captured thought. I aim only to distinguish the contradiction between my mind and nothingness.”– Isidore Ducasse Lautreamont “Military strength in reserve is better than military strength being reigned upon the other side including all of its innocent civilians.”– Theodore C. Sorensen “It is a maudlin and indecent verity that comes out through the strength of wine.”– Joseph Conrad