“Us sing and dance, make faces and give flower bouquets, trying to be loved. You ever notice that trees do everything to… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
Man corrupt everything, say Shug. He on your box of grits, in your head, and all over the radio. He try to… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
And so our mothers and grandmothers have, more often than not anonymously, handed on the creative spark, the seed of the flower… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
It's so clear that you have to cherish everyone. I think that's what I get from these older black women, that every… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
“The Nature of This Flower Is to Bloom Rebellious. Living. Against the Elemental Crush. A Song of Color Blooming For Deserving Eyes.… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
As long as the Earth can make a spring every year, I can. As long as the Earth can flower and produce… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
... my mother adorned with flowers whatever shabby house we were forced to live in. — 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
