Alice Walker quotes - page 4

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)
Sexuality is one of the ways that we become enlightened, actually, because it leads us to self-knowledge. View quote
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To me, the black black woman is our essential mother, the blacker she is the more us she is and to see the hatred that is turned on her is enough to make me despair, almost entirely, of our future as a people. View quote
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Yes, Mother. I can see you are flawed. You have not hidden it. That is your greatest gift to me. View quote
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Resist the temptation to think what afflicts you is peculiar to you. Have faith that what is in your consciousness can be communicated to the consciousness of all. And is, in many cases, already there. View quote
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I think the foundation of everything in my life is wonder. View quote
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Animals can communicate quite well. And they do. And generally speaking, they are ignored. View quote
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Helped are those who create anything at all, for they shall relive the thrill of their own conception and realize a partnership in the creation of the Universe that keeps them responsible and cheerful. View quote
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I have fought and kicked and fasted and prayed and cursed and cried myself to the point of existing. View quote
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Those in power must spend a lot of their time laughing at us. View quote
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Never be the only one, except, possibly, in your own home. (Alice Walker)
It no longer bothers me that I may be constantly searching for father figures; by this time, I have found several and dearly enjoyed knowing them all. View quote
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There are those who believe Black people possess the secret of joy and that it is this that will sustain them through any spiritual or moral or physical devastation. View quote
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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. View quote
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I'm mad about the waste that happens when people who love each other can't even bring themselves to talk. View quote
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The quietly pacifist peaceful always die to make room for men who shout. View quote
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I'm the most stubborn person I know. View quote
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It is healthier, in any case, to write for the adults one's children will become than for the children one's "mature" critics often are. View quote
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The gift of loneliness is sometimes a radical vision of society or one's people that has not previously been taken into account. View quote
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Like I said...fine with me. View quote
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Every time I conjure up a rock, I throw it. (Alice Walker)
When life descends into the pit I must become my own candle Willingly burning my self To light up the darkness around me. View quote
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Surely the earth can be saved by all the people who insist on love. View quote
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We know a roofleaf is not Jesus Christ, but in its own humble way, is it not God? View quote
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Be nobody's darling; Be an outcast. Take the contradictions Of your life And wrap around You like a shawl, To parry stones To keep you warm. View quote
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