My heart hurt so much I can't believe it. How can it keep beating, feeling like this? — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
We are all substantially flawed, wounded, angry, hurt, here on Earth. But this human condition, so painful to us, and in someways… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
You know a little drink now and then never hurt nobody, but when you can't git started without asking the bottle, you… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
Oh, Celie, unbelief is a terrible thing. And so is the hurt we cause others unknowingly. — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
Be nobody's darling; Be an outcast. Take the contradictions Of your life And wrap around You like a shawl, To parry stones… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
What hurts the most is being misunderstood. They tell me that's an Aquarian trait - that that's the thing we don't like. — 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
