Most damage that others do us is out of fear, humiliation and pain. Those feelings occur in all of us, not just… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
War contributes greatly to global warming, which shouldn't surprise us. All those bombs going off, all those rockets, all those planes and… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
I know black people love the idea that we finally have a beautiful, good-looking black president. But if he is doing awful… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
Sexuality is one of the ways that we become enlightened, actually, because it leads us to self-knowledge. — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
It's very hard for our parents who see us enter a world that they can't imagine. — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
We must begin seeing other creatures as equal. Existence makes us all equal. — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
Language is an intrinsic part of who we are and what has, for good or evil, happened to us. — 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
I love us so incredibly, insanely deeply; it's almost unbearable to see what we do to ourselves. — 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
