Ancestor Quote by Alice Walker

Our skin is what stands between us and the world.

— Diane Ackerman

My skin was the border between the world and me.

— Aleksandar Hemon

Whatever you are is because of what your ancestors have done.

— Li Lu

Underneath all the skin, we're all the same.

— Steve Guttenberg

My skin - very Mexican, very Oaxaquenan, and very human, from the color of my land and the diversity of its colors.

— Yalitza Aparicio

We are all Africans under the skin.

— Spencer Wells

We may have different religions, different languages, different colored skin, but we all belong to one human race.

— Anonymous

All of our ancestors came from somewhere.

— Carol Kane

Some people are your relatives but others are your ancestors, and you choose the ones you want to have as ancestors. You create yourself…

— Ralph Ellison

We are not just a skin-encapsulated ego, a soul encased in flesh. We are each other and we are the world.

— Charles Eisenstein

Our true nationality is mankind.

— H. G. Wells

I know who I am and I've always been comfortable in my own skin.

— Ledisi