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title: "29 Way Quotes By Alice Walker"
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> [The only way to solace anyone who loved you in life is to be a good memory](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/the-only-way-to-solace-anyone-who-loved-you-in-life-is-to-be-a-good/)

[Alice Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-walker/)

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> [This life soon be over, I say. Heaven last all ways.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/this-life-soon-be-over-i-say-heaven-last-all-ways/)

[Alice Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-walker/)

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> [There is no graceful way to carry hatred.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/there-is-no-graceful-way-to-carry-hatred/)

[Alice Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-walker/)

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> [I believe you mother everybody, not in a cloying, hovering way, but taking care of what is around you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/i-believe-you-mother-everybody-not-in-a-cloying-hovering-way-but/)

[Alice Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-walker/)

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> [Sexuality is one of the ways that we become enlightened, actually, because it leads us to self-knowledge.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/sexuality-is-one-of-the-ways-that-we-become-enlightened-actually/)

[Alice Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-walker/)

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> [You can love yourself spiritually, physically-in almost any way that anybody else can.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/you-can-love-yourself-spiritually-physically-in-almost-any-way-that/)

[Alice Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-walker/)

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> [Writing poems is my way of celebrating with the world that I have not committed suicide the evening before.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/writing-poems-is-my-way-of-celebrating-with-the-world-that-i-have-not/)

[Alice Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-walker/)

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> [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/)

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> [In a way, no matter who's in charge of the corporation that the United States is, the direction in which it is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/in-a-way-no-matter-who-s-in-charge-of-the-corporation-that-the-united/)

[Alice Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-walker/)

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> [It's a tragedy, in a way, that Americans are brought up to think that they cannot feel for other people and other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/it-s-a-tragedy-in-a-way-that-americans-are-brought-up-to-think-that/)

[Alice Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-walker/)

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> [Well, sometime Mr —— git on me pretty hard. I have to talk to Old Maker. But he my husband. I shrug…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/well-sometime-mr-git-on-me-pretty-hard-i-have-to-talk-to-old-maker/)

[Alice Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-walker/)

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> [I think I'm led by spirit. I think I'm led by a sense of what is right and what feels good to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/i-think-i-m-led-by-spirit-i-think-i-m-led-by-a-sense-of-what-is-right/)

[Alice Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-walker/)

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> [At one point I learned transcendental meditation. This was 30-something years ago. It took me back to the way that I naturally…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/at-one-point-i-learned-transcendental-meditation-this-was-30/)

[Alice Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-walker/)

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> [I think we have to own the fears that we have of each other, and then, in some practical way, some daily…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/i-think-we-have-to-own-the-fears-that-we-have-of-each-other-and-then/)

[Alice Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-walker/)

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> [In each of us, there is a little voice that knows exactly which way to go. And I learned very early to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/in-each-of-us-there-is-a-little-voice-that-knows-exactly-which-way-to/)

[Alice Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-walker/)

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> [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/)

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> [Now there are heavy houses everywhere and more of them are being built. In fact, it is only when more houses are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/now-there-are-heavy-houses-everywhere-and-more-of-them-are-being/)

[Alice Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-walker/)

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> [I know from having had a child, and from having been a child myself, that children will copy you. So, the best…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/i-know-from-having-had-a-child-and-from-having-been-a-child-myself-2/)

[Alice Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-walker/)

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> [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/)

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> [ You are saying, are you not, I said to Manuelito, that stories have more room in them than ideas? \[...\] He laughed.… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/you-are-saying-are-you-not-i-said-to-manuelito-that-stories-have-more/)

[Alice Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-walker/)

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> [Creation is a sustained period of bliss, even though the subject can still be very sad. Because there's the triumph of coming…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/creation-is-a-sustained-period-of-bliss-even-though-the-subject-can/)

[Alice Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-walker/)

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> [To acknowledge our ancestors means we are aware that we did not make ourselves, that the line stretches all the way back,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/to-acknowledge-our-ancestors-means-we-are-aware-that-we-did-not-make/)

[Alice Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-walker/)

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> [Storytelling is how we survive, when there's no feed, the story feeds something, it feeds the spirit, the imagination. I can't imagine…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/storytelling-is-how-we-survive-when-there-s-no-feed-the-story-feeds/)

[Alice Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-walker/)

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> [Well, I think indigenous peoples have ways of living on the Earth that they've had forever. And they've been overrun by organized…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/well-i-think-indigenous-peoples-have-ways-of-living-on-the-earth-that/)

[Alice Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-walker/)

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> [Just be what it is that you are, and that is just fine. You don't have to be what you're not in…](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/)

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> [Creation is a sustained period of bliss, even though the subject can still be very sad. Because there's the triumph of coming…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/creation-is-a-sustained-period-of-bliss-even-though-the-subject-can-2/)

[Alice Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-walker/)

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> [As far as a glass ceiling, I feel that all you can do is give it your absolute best with whatever gifts…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/as-far-as-a-glass-ceiling-i-feel-that-all-you-can-do-is-give-it-your/)

[Alice Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-walker/)

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> [I feel that all you can do is give it your absolute best with whatever gifts the universe has given you. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/i-feel-that-all-you-can-do-is-give-it-your-absolute-best-with/)

[Alice Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-walker/)

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> [If you don't have the ability or encouragement to use yourself in a physical way, you could become just another talking head.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/if-you-don-t-have-the-ability-or-encouragement-to-use-yourself-in-a/)

[Alice Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-walker/)

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## Other authors on Way

## 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/)

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                        "text": "I want something else; a different system entirely. One not seen on this earth for thousands of years. If ever. Democratic Womanism. Notice how this word has \"man\" right in the middle of it? That's one reason I like it. He is right there, front and center. But he is surrounded. I want to vote and work for a way of life that honors the feminine.",
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