--- title: "24 Want Quotes By Alice Walker" description: "24 Want quotes by Alice Walker. Plus more from Alice Walker and more Want sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf9/alice-walker-347_future_it-is-natural-to-want-to-have-a-future-2_2719333.png" --- > [It is natural to want to have a future.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/it-is-natural-to-want-to-have-a-future/) [Alice Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-walker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf9/alice-walker-347_future_it-is-natural-to-want-to-have-a-future-2_2719333.png) > [I try to teach my heart not to want things it can't have.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/i-try-to-teach-my-heart-not-to-want-things-it-can-t-have/) [Alice Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-walker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9fc/alice-walker-347_education_i-try-to-teach-my-heart-not-to-want-thin_493711.png) > [My work is about my life, and what I want to do with it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/my-work-is-about-my-life-and-what-i-want-to-do-with-it/) [Alice Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-walker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/699/alice-walker-347_about_my-work-is-about-my-life-and-what-i-want_1192050.png) > [I try to teach my heart not to want things it cant have.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/i-try-to-teach-my-heart-not-to-want-things-it-cant-have/) [Alice Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-walker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4d4/alice-walker-347_cant_i-try-to-teach-my-heart-not-to-want-thin_1011594.png) > [Love is big; love can hold anger, love can even hold hatred. It's about the intention of what you want it to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/love-is-big-love-can-hold-anger-love-can-even-hold-hatred-it-s-about/) [Alice Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-walker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/620/alice-walker-347_anger_love-is-big-love-can-hold-anger-love-can_2820721.png) > [Everything wanna be loved. Us sing and dance, and holla just wanting to be loved.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/everything-wanna-be-loved-us-sing-and-dance-and-holla-just-wanting-to/) [Alice Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-walker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/28e/alice-walker-347_dance_everything-wanna-be-loved-us-sing-and-da_599343.png) > [If you want to have a life that is worth living, a life that expresses your deepest feelings and emotions, and cares…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/if-you-want-to-have-a-life-that-is-worth-living-a-life-that-expresses/) [Alice Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-walker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c7/alice-walker-347_care_if-you-want-to-have-a-life-that-is-worth_1864699.jpg) > [I think war is so incredibly backward, and I don't think it's intelligent, and it's not sane. So why would you want…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/i-think-war-is-so-incredibly-backward-and-i-don-t-think-it-s/) [Alice Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-walker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/651/alice-walker-347_backward_i-think-war-is-so-incredibly-backward-an_1684702.png) > [I'm for women choosing whatever they want to do but they have to really know what they are doing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/i-m-for-women-choosing-whatever-they-want-to-do-but-they-have-to/) [Alice Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-walker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6dd/alice-walker-347_choosing_i-m-for-women-choosing-whatever-they-wan_2146293.png) > [What's really hard is that you could care a lot for someone and not want to live with him anymore.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/what-s-really-hard-is-that-you-could-care-a-lot-for-someone-and-not/) [Alice Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-walker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/489/alice-walker-347_anymore_what-s-really-hard-is-that-you-could-car_971889.png) > [Fiction is such a world of freedom, it's wonderful. If you want someone to fly, they can fly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/fiction-is-such-a-world-of-freedom-it-s-wonderful-if-you-want-someone/) [Alice Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-walker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc4/alice-walker-347_fiction_fiction-is-such-a-world-of-freedom-it-s_2322092.png) > [I write not only what I want to read...I write all the things I should have been able to read.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/i-write-not-only-what-i-want-to-read-i-write-all-the-things-i-should/) [Alice Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-walker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c05/alice-walker-347_able_i-write-not-only-what-i-want-to-read-i-w_3025786.png) > [What I am really interested in is that I want people to be thinking in other ways - to stop thinking they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/what-i-am-really-interested-in-is-that-i-want-people-to-be-thinking/) [Alice Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-walker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b5/alice-walker-347_democracy_what-i-am-really-interested-in-is-that-i_1107443.png) > [If we want to fight people in the world, we should fight them with pillows - pillows stuffed with food, medicine, music...…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/if-we-want-to-fight-people-in-the-world-we-should-fight-them-with/) [Alice Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-walker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f17/alice-walker-347_bombs_if-we-want-to-fight-people-in-the-world_252397.png) > [The trouble with our people is as soon as they got out of slavery they didn't want to give the white man…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/the-trouble-with-our-people-is-as-soon-as-they-got-out-of-slavery/) [Alice Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-walker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/16e/alice-walker-347_land_the-trouble-with-our-people-is-as-soon-a_270219.png) > [It is justice and respect that I want the world to dust off and put - without delay, and with tenderness -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/it-is-justice-and-respect-that-i-want-the-world-to-dust-off-and-put/) [Alice Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-walker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b59/alice-walker-347_believe_it-is-justice-and-respect-that-i-want-th_2982740.jpg) > [I want the Israeli government to be made accountable for its behaviour to the Palestinians, and I want the people of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/i-want-the-israeli-government-to-be-made-accountable-for-its/) [Alice Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-walker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c81/alice-walker-347_accountable_i-want-the-israeli-government-to-be-made_2866296.png) > [People have so many hang-ups about how other people live their lives. People always want to keep you in a little box,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/people-have-so-many-hang-ups-about-how-other-people-live-their-lives/) [Alice Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-walker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/160/alice-walker-347_about_people-have-so-many-hang-ups-about-how-o_1542173.png) > [I am an expression of the divine, just like a peach is, just like a fish is. I have a right to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/i-am-an-expression-of-the-divine-just-like-a-peach-is-just-like-a/) [Alice Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-walker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/97c/alice-walker-347_apologizing_i-am-an-expression-of-the-divine-just-li_2618975.jpg) > [“...there is no resistance to the idea that what is foreign can be known. Can be understood. Can be held in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/there-is-no-resistance-to-the-idea-that-what-is-foreign-can-be-known/) [Alice Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-walker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c18/alice-walker-347_abundance_there-is-no-resistance-to-the-idea-that_1518227.jpg) > [I want something else; a different system entirely. One not seen on this earth for thousands of years. If ever. Democratic Womanism.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/i-want-something-else-a-different-system-entirely-one-not-seen-on/) [Alice Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-walker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f4f/alice-walker-347_democracy_i-want-something-else-a-different-system_1862060.jpg) > [I loved meditation. I love it because that's where you find what your voice is. You cannot really find it easily in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/i-loved-meditation-i-love-it-because-that-s-where-you-find-what-your/) [Alice Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-walker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/872/alice-walker-347_culture_i-loved-meditation-i-love-it-because-tha_3010267.png) > [I find it difficult to feel responsible for the suffering of others. That's why I find war so hard to bear. It's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/i-find-it-difficult-to-feel-responsible-for-the-suffering-of-others/) [Alice Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-walker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/125/alice-walker-347_animal_i-find-it-difficult-to-feel-responsible_2223705.png) > [Storytelling, you know, has a real function. The process of the storytelling is itself a healing process, partly because you have someone…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/storytelling-you-know-has-a-real-function-the-process-of-the/) [Alice Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-walker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d7/alice-walker-347_advice_storytelling-you-know-has-a-real-functio_1234304.png) ## Other authors on Want ## More by Alice Walker > [I gave my archive to Emory University because there's a really dear friend who teaches there, Rudolph Byrd, and he's the editor.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/i-gave-my-archive-to-emory-university-because-there-s-a-really-dear/) [Alice Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-walker/) > [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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/just-be-what-it-is-that-you-are-and-that-is-just-fine-you-don-t-have/) [Alice Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-walker/) > [“Remember this-- say it & know it is true: Alice loves me Alice loves me and I am not blamed for this. ... she…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/remember-this-say-it-know-it-is-true-alice-loves-me-alice-loves-me/) [Alice Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-walker/) > [“Only the sky above us do we hold in common.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/only-the-sky-above-us-do-we-hold-in-common/) [Alice Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-walker/) > [“Why aren't you happy in America, if everyone there drives motorcars?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/why-aren-t-you-happy-in-america-if-everyone-there-drives-motorcars/) [Alice Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-walker/) > [“She saw poetry where other writers merely saw failure to cope with English.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/she-saw-poetry-where-other-writers-merely-saw-failure-to-cope-with/) [Alice Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-walker/) > [My mother had handed down respect for the possibilities...and the will to grasp them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/my-mother-had-handed-down-respect-for-the-possibilities-and-the-will/) [Alice Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-walker/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/helped-are-those-who-are-content-to-be-themselves-they-will-never/) [Alice Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-walker/) > [“As others might prepare for an exam whose subject matter is unknown to them, so I must study, cram, for every conversation with my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/as-others-might-prepare-for-an-exam-whose-subject-matter-is-unknown/) [Alice Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-walker/) > [The original crime of niggers and lesbians is that they prefer themselves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/the-original-crime-of-niggers-and-lesbians-is-that-they-prefer/) [Alice Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-walker/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/my-mother-was-very-strong-once-she-picked-up-a-coconut-and-smashed-it/) [Alice Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-walker/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/many-readers-fail-to-realize-this-but-the-color-purple-is-a/) [Alice Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-walker/) > [The good news may be that Nature is phasing out the white man, but the bad news is that's who She thinks we all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/the-good-news-may-be-that-nature-is-phasing-out-the-white-man-but-the/) [Alice Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-walker/) > [Humans - whatever billions we are - we don't have the control. We are considered expendable, basically.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/humans-whatever-billions-we-are-we-don-t-have-the-control-we-are/) [Alice Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-walker/) > [All my life I had to fight. I had to fight my daddy. I had to fight my uncles. I had to fight my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/all-my-life-i-had-to-fight-i-had-to-fight-my-daddy-i-had-to-fight-my/) [Alice Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-walker/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/want/alice-walker/#itemlist", "name": "24 Want Quotes By Alice Walker", "numberOfItems": 24, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It is natural to want to have a future.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Alice Walker" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/it-is-natural-to-want-to-have-a-future/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf9/alice-walker-347_future_it-is-natural-to-want-to-have-a-future-2_2719333.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf9/alice-walker-347_future_it-is-natural-to-want-to-have-a-future-2_2719333.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf9/alice-walker-347_future_it-is-natural-to-want-to-have-a-future-2_2719333.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It is natural to want to have a future.” — Alice Walker", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I try to teach my heart not to want things it can't have.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Alice Walker" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/i-try-to-teach-my-heart-not-to-want-things-it-can-t-have/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9fc/alice-walker-347_education_i-try-to-teach-my-heart-not-to-want-thin_493711.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9fc/alice-walker-347_education_i-try-to-teach-my-heart-not-to-want-thin_493711.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9fc/alice-walker-347_education_i-try-to-teach-my-heart-not-to-want-thin_493711.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I try to teach my heart not to want things it can't have.” — Alice Walker", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "My work is about my life, and what I want to do with it.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Alice Walker" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/my-work-is-about-my-life-and-what-i-want-to-do-with-it/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/699/alice-walker-347_about_my-work-is-about-my-life-and-what-i-want_1192050.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/699/alice-walker-347_about_my-work-is-about-my-life-and-what-i-want_1192050.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/699/alice-walker-347_about_my-work-is-about-my-life-and-what-i-want_1192050.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“My work is about my life, and what I want to do with it.” — Alice Walker", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I try to teach my heart not to want things it cant have.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Alice Walker" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/i-try-to-teach-my-heart-not-to-want-things-it-cant-have/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4d4/alice-walker-347_cant_i-try-to-teach-my-heart-not-to-want-thin_1011594.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4d4/alice-walker-347_cant_i-try-to-teach-my-heart-not-to-want-thin_1011594.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4d4/alice-walker-347_cant_i-try-to-teach-my-heart-not-to-want-thin_1011594.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I try to teach my heart not to want things it cant have.” — Alice Walker", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Love is big; love can hold anger, love can even hold hatred. 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