Expect nothing, live frugally on surprise. Become a stranger to need of pity. Or if compassion be freely given out, take only… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
I don’t need a certain number of friends, just a number of friends I can be certain of. — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
You seem so clear about who you are. So certain that you are just right as you are, that for all your… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
I feel like to be where you need to be - where you know you need to be - is such a… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
It's almost unbelievable where we are as a planet because people have been so afraid of rocking the boat, of putting forth… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
After all, how can a society flourish, a country attain democracy and health, children grow into intelligent beings, sensitive to the needs… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
I'm where I need to be, so my heart is light. Whatever happens, I know - I mean, I feel - that… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
I think writing really helps you heal yourself. I think if you write long enough, you will be a healthy person. That… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
You don't need organized religion to connect with the universe. Often a church is the only place you can go to find… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
I just like to have words that describe things correctly. Now to me, 'black feminist' does not do that. I need a… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
You a low down dog is what’s wrong. It’s time to leave you and enter into the creation. And your dead body… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
My activism really is for myself, because I see places in the world where I feel I should be. If there is… — 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
