I consider the fact that thousands of children die each day from starvation and a lack of medicine a crisis for humanity… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
I grew up in the South under segregation. So, I know what terrorism feels like - when your father could be taken… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
I've always felt quite singular, even as a child. That I must stay on track to keep my purpose. — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
One child must never be set above another, even in casual conversation, not to mention in speeches that circle the globe. — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
We must begin seeing other creatures as equal. Existence makes us all equal. — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
We must, all of us, learn actually not to have enemies, but only confused adversaries who are ourselves in disguise. — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
We must do everything in our power to cease the behaviour that makes children everywhere feel afraid. — 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
