Arrivals Quote 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.

— 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.…

— Alice Walker

“Remember this-- say it & know it is true: Alice loves me Alice loves me and I am not blamed for this. ... she…

— Alice Walker

“Only the sky above us do we hold in common.”

— Alice Walker

“Why aren't you happy in America, if everyone there drives motorcars?”

— Alice Walker

“She saw poetry where other writers merely saw failure to cope with English.”

— Alice Walker

My mother had handed down respect for the possibilities...and the will to grasp them.

— 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…

— 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…

— Alice Walker

The original crime of niggers and lesbians is that they prefer themselves.

— 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…

— 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…

— Alice Walker