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Alice Walker Quotes

You can’t send me anywhere that I wouldn’t be happy to go. You’d be surprised as to how that lightens the heart Picture Quote #1

It’s very hard for our parents who see us enter a world that they can’t imagine Picture Quote #1

If you deny people their own voice, you’ll have no idea of who they were Picture Quote #1

A writer’s heart, a poet’s heart, an artist’s heart, a musician’s heart is always breaking. It is through that broken window that we see the world Picture Quote #1

'Thank you' is the best prayer that anyone could say. I say that one a lot. Thank you expresses extreme gratitude, humility, understanding Picture Quote #1

All partisan movements add to the fullness of our understanding of society as a whole. They never detract; or, in any case, one must not allow them to do so. Experience adds to experience Picture Quote #1

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As an elder of the Americas and of the rest of the planet, it is my responsibility to care for and protect, to the best of my ability, the young Picture Quote #1

As you know from school, it's when you have not prepared for the test that you have the fear of failing. And if you have prepared, even if you fail, you've done your best Picture Quote #1

Clearly older women and especially older women who have led an active life or elder women who successfully maneuver through their own family life have so much to teach us about sharing, patience, and wisdom Picture Quote #1

Deliver me from writers who say the way they live doesn't matter. I'm not sure a bad person can write a good book, if art doesn't make us better, then what on Earth is it for Picture Quote #1

Don't wait around for other people to be happy for you. Any happiness you get you've got to make yourself Picture Quote #1

Fiction is such a world of freedom, it's wonderful. If you want someone to fly, they can fly Picture Quote #1

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For in the end, freedom is a personal and lonely battle; and one faces down fears of today so that those of tomorrow might be engaged Picture Quote #1

I can be almost terminally grief-stricken because things are so dire, but at the same time, there's a real lightheartedness about just the recoverability of life, of how things change, how they're not the same, ever again Picture Quote #1

I don't call myself a Buddhist. I'm a free spirit. I believe I'm here on Earth to admire and enjoy it; that's my religion Picture Quote #1

I think it pisses God off if you walk by the color purple in a field somewhere and don't notice it Picture Quote #1

I think writing really helps you heal yourself. I think if you write long enough, you will be a healthy person. That is, if you write what you need to write, as opposed to what will make money, or what will make fame Picture Quote #1

I'm for women choosing whatever they want to do but they have to really know what they are doing Picture Quote #1

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In my work and in myself I reflect black people, women and men, as I reflect others. One day even the most self-protective ones will look into the mirror I provide and not be afraid Picture Quote #1

In nature, nothing is perfect and everything is perfect. Trees can be contorted, bent in weird ways, and they're still beautiful Picture Quote #1

It's so clear that you have to cherish everyone. I think that's what I get from these older black women, that every soul is to be cherished, that every flower is to bloom Picture Quote #1

Life is better than death, I believe, if only because it is less boring, and because it has fresh peaches in it Picture Quote #1

My mother was very strong. Once, she picked up a coconut and smashed it against my father's head. It taught me about women defending themselves and not collapsing in a heap Picture Quote #1

Politically, the world is so confused right now - there's so much suffering caused by various movements by various parties and people in power in government Picture Quote #1

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The animals of the world exist for their own reasons. They were not made for humans any more than black people were made for white, or women created for men Picture Quote #1

The gift of loneliness is sometimes a radical vision of society or one's people that has not previously been taken into account Picture Quote #1

The infinite faith I have in people's ability to understand anything that makes sense has always been justified, finally, by their behavior Picture Quote #1

The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any Picture Quote #1

The trouble with our people is as soon as they got out of slavery they didn't want to give the white man nothing else. But the fact is, you got to give em something. Either your money, your land, your woman or your ass Picture Quote #1

We should learn to accept that change is truly the only thing that's going on always, and learn to ride with it and enjoy it Picture Quote #1

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You can’t send me anywhere that I wouldn’t be happy to go. You’d be surprised as to how that lightens the heart. (Alice Walker Quotes) It’s very hard for our parents who see us enter a world that they can’t imagine (Alice Walker Quotes) If you deny people their own voice, you’ll have no idea of who they were (Alice Walker Quotes) A writer’s heart, a poet’s heart, an artist’s heart, a musician’s heart is always breaking. It is through that broken window that we see the world (Alice Walker Quotes) 'Thank you' is the best prayer that anyone could say. I say that one a lot. Thank you expresses extreme gratitude, humility, understanding (Alice Walker Quotes) All partisan movements add to the fullness of our understanding of society as a whole. They never detract; or, in any case, one must not allow them to do so. Experience adds to experience (Alice Walker Quotes) As an elder of the Americas and of the rest of the planet, it is my responsibility to care for and protect, to the best of my ability, the young (Alice Walker Quotes) As you know from school, it's when you have not prepared for the test that you have the fear of failing. And if you have prepared, even if you fail, you've done your best (Alice Walker Quotes) Clearly older women and especially older women who have led an active life or elder women who successfully maneuver through their own family life have so much to teach us about sharing, patience, and wisdom (Alice Walker Quotes) Deliver me from writers who say the way they live doesn't matter. I'm not sure a bad person can write a good book, if art doesn't make us better, then what on Earth is it for (Alice Walker Quotes) Don't wait around for other people to be happy for you. Any happiness you get you've got to make yourself (Alice Walker Quotes) Fiction is such a world of freedom, it's wonderful. If you want someone to fly, they can fly (Alice Walker Quotes) For in the end, freedom is a personal and lonely battle; and one faces down fears of today so that those of tomorrow might be engaged (Alice Walker Quotes) I can be almost terminally grief-stricken because things are so dire, but at the same time, there's a real lightheartedness about just the recoverability of life, of how things change, how they're not the same, ever again (Alice Walker Quotes) I don't call myself a Buddhist. I'm a free spirit. I believe I'm here on Earth to admire and enjoy it; that's my religion (Alice Walker Quotes) I think it pisses God off if you walk by the color purple in a field somewhere and don't notice it (Alice Walker Quotes) I think writing really helps you heal yourself. I think if you write long enough, you will be a healthy person. That is, if you write what you need to write, as opposed to what will make money, or what will make fame (Alice Walker Quotes) I'm for women choosing whatever they want to do but they have to really know what they are doing (Alice Walker Quotes) In my work and in myself I reflect black people, women and men, as I reflect others. One day even the most self-protective ones will look into the mirror I provide and not be afraid (Alice Walker Quotes) In nature, nothing is perfect and everything is perfect. Trees can be contorted, bent in weird ways, and they're still beautiful (Alice Walker Quotes) It's so clear that you have to cherish everyone. I think that's what I get from these older black women, that every soul is to be cherished, that every flower is to bloom (Alice Walker Quotes) Life is better than death, I believe, if only because it is less boring, and because it has fresh peaches in it (Alice Walker Quotes) My mother was very strong. Once, she picked up a coconut and smashed it against my father's head. It taught me about women defending themselves and not collapsing in a heap (Alice Walker Quotes) Politically, the world is so confused right now - there's so much suffering caused by various movements by various parties and people in power in government (Alice Walker Quotes) The animals of the world exist for their own reasons. They were not made for humans any more than black people were made for white, or women created for men (Alice Walker Quotes) The gift of loneliness is sometimes a radical vision of society or one's people that has not previously been taken into account (Alice Walker Quotes) The infinite faith I have in people's ability to understand anything that makes sense has always been justified, finally, by their behavior (Alice Walker Quotes) The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any (Alice Walker Quotes) The trouble with our people is as soon as they got out of slavery they didn't want to give the white man nothing else. But the fact is, you got to give em something. Either your money, your land, your woman or your ass (Alice Walker Quotes) We should learn to accept that change is truly the only thing that's going on always, and learn to ride with it and enjoy it (Alice Walker Quotes)

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