Always Quote by Alice Walker Download Open image “My parents were both storytellers. They always spoke with metaphorical richness.” — Alice Walker ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.8 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Always Both Metaphorical Parenting Parents Richness Spoke Storytellers Were
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My mother and father were both much more remarkable than any story of mine can make them. They seem to me just mythically wonderful. — Orson Welles Copy Share Image
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My father was a professor of folklore, and my mother was a teacher until she was married. I had a good relationship with them,… — Max von Sydow Copy Share Image
I think the reason my stories have been so successful is that I have a strong sense of metaphor. — Ray Bradbury 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
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It's very easy to fool yourself that you're working, you know, when you're really not working very hard. I mean, I'm very lazy. So… — Robert Caro Copy Share Image