Quote by Alice Walker Download Open image ““She sicker than my mama was when she die. But she more evil than my mama and that keep her alive.”” — Alice Walker ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.9 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“Ain't nothing wrong with Shug Avery. She just sick. Sicker than anybody I ever seen. She sicker than my mama was when she die.… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
“She might be frightened out of her wits and confused as hell, but she was a Southern girl, born and bred. Mama would fly… — Tonya Burrows Copy Share Image
“Mama stared at me not with sadness, but with pleading. She was thinner than I'd ever allowed myself to notice, looking more like a… — Ami McKay Copy Share Image
“Mama had indeed risen up with a ferocity I didn’t think she possessed. I’d been wrong about her my whole life. Her quietude was… — Marie Benedict Copy Share Image
“The odd thing about Mama was that she liked to think of herself as a doomy sort of person, but there was a natural… — Eva Rice Copy Share Image
“…but the truly frightening thing was to learn that his mother was no stronger than he was, that the blows of the world hurt… — Paul Auster Copy Share Image
“And she's alive, so alive that even the sun wants a piece of her, and that's what hurts most of all. That someone so… — Sharon Dogar Copy Share Image
“Ain't nothing more important than loving your mama. Even if you can't understand her. Love her. That's all you gotta do.” — Julie Cantrell Copy Share Image
“You can blame your mother, and she can blame hers. Leastways sooner or later it's the fault of somebody who's dead.” — Lionel Shriver Copy Share Image
“I am the Mother's blade, the Mother's wrath... You have poisoned her, raped her and her children. Left her to die. Now you will… — R.S. Belcher Copy Share Image
“Just know that there's bad men in the world, and dying fast by your mother is a better way than theirs.” — Mindy McGinnis 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