Animals were not made for us, or our use. They have their own use, which is just being who they are. — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
My mother had bought a sewing machine for me. When I went away to college, she gave me a sewing machine, a… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
I made my first white women friends in college; they loved me and were loyal to our friendship, but I understood, as… — 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
I see myself in all the people in the world who are suffering and who are very badly treated and who are… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
For a long time, I thought I was ugly and disfigured. This made me shy and timid, and I often reacted to… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
I want the Israeli government to be made accountable for its behaviour to the Palestinians, and I want the people of the… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
You are saying, are you not, I said to Manuelito, that stories have more room in them than ideas? [...] He laughed.… — 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
![“You are saying, are you not, I said to Manuelito, that stories have more room in them than ideas? [...] He laughed. That is correct, Señor. It is as if ideas are made of blocks. Rigid and hard. And stories are made of a gauze that is elastic. You can almost see through it, so what is beyond is…” quote by Alice Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/a65/alice-walker-347_block_you-are-saying-are-you-not-i-said-to-man_2970096.jpg)
