Many readers fail to realize this, but 'The Color Purple' is a theological text. It is about the reclamation of one's original… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
The good news may be that Nature is phasing out the white man, but the bad news is that's who She thinks… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
The earth is wise. It has given itself into the keeping of all, and all are therefore accountable. — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
I think that I do feel that my nature is to express what this self, this particular self at this time, experiences… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
If I could live as a tree, as a river, as the moon, as the sun, as a star, as the earth,… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
In nature, nothing is perfect and everything is perfect. Trees can be contorted, bent in weird ways, and they're still beautiful. — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
Laughter isn't even the other side of tears. It is tears turned inside out. Truly the suffering is great, here on earth. — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
“In nature, nothing is perfect. Trees can be contorted, bent in weird ways and they're still beautiful.” — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
My God is not a religious God. My God is nature, my God is everything there is. That's God. Everything is God.… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
I think it pisses God off if you walk by the color purple in a field somewhere and don't notice it. — 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
I think colors are miraculous. We live in a universe that is extremely creative and magical. We become happier as we appreciate… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
Always with me was the inner twin: my true nature, my true self. It is timeless, free, compassionate and in love with… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
Life is abundant, and life is beautiful. And it's a good place that we're all in, you know, on this earth, if… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
Nature has created us with the capacity to know God, to experience God. — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
The earth is for joy, and dancing is a big part of that. And you dance with nature. Nature is always dancing.… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
I just think cities are unnatural, basically. I know there are people who live happily in them, and I have cities that… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
I want something else; a different system entirely. One not seen on this earth for thousands of years. If ever. Democratic Womanism.… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
Laughter isn't even the other side of tears. It is tears turned inside out. Truly the suffering is great, here on earth.… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
I am not interested in being a role model, or in fulfilling the expectations of others. I know I am of most… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
I understood at a very early age that in nature, I felt everything I should feel in church but never did. Walking… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
I really think admiration for nature can save us. I mean true admiration, to the point of not letting it be harmed. — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
How anyone cannot see that Nature is God is amazing to me: that they'd rather worship something that can only exist, really,… — 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
