“As others might prepare for an exam whose subject matter is unknown to them, so I must study, cram, for every conversation… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
Ignorance, arrogance, and racism have bloomed as Superior Knowledge in all too many universities. — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
As for those who think the Arab world promises freedom, the briefest study of its routine traditional treatment of blacks (slavery) and… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
I'm not convinced that women have the education or the sense of their own history enough or that they understand the cruelty… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
I think mothers and daughters are meant to give birth to each other, over and over; that is why our challenges to… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
I don't know. I imagine good teaching as a circle of earnest people sitting down to ask each other meaningful questions. I… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
I gave my archive to Emory University because there's a really dear friend who teaches there, Rudolph Byrd, and he's the editor. — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
Just be what it is that you are, and that is just fine. You don't have to be what you're not in any way.… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
“Remember this-- say it & know it is true: Alice loves me Alice loves me and I am not blamed for this. ... she… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
“Why aren't you happy in America, if everyone there drives motorcars?” — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
“She saw poetry where other writers merely saw failure to cope with English.” — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
My mother had handed down respect for the possibilities...and the will to grasp them. — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
Helped are those who are content to be themselves; they will never lack mystery in their lives and the joys of self-discovery will be… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
“As others might prepare for an exam whose subject matter is unknown to them, so I must study, cram, for every conversation with my… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
The original crime of niggers and lesbians is that they prefer themselves. — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
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… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
Many readers fail to realize this, but 'The Color Purple' is a theological text. It is about the reclamation of one's original God: the… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
