Some periods of our growth are so confusing that we don't even recognize that growth is happening...Those long periods when something inside… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
As I get older, I realize that the thing I value the most is good-heartednes s. — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
I think I've actually returned to a kind of realism about how the world works. That's helpful. Because in a way, no… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
In a way, no matter who's in charge of the corporation that the United States is, the direction in which it is… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
It didn't take long to realize I didn't hardly know nothing. And that if you ast yourself why you black or a… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
I am an expression of the divine, just like a peach is, just like a fish is. I have a right to… — 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
