All Alice Walker Quotes
- The trouble with our people is as soon as they got out of slavery they didn't want to give the white man nothing else. But… Ass
- Us sing and dance, make faces and give flower bouquets, trying to be loved. You ever notice that trees do everything to git attention we… Attention
- The animals of the planet are in desperate peril... Without free animal life I believe we will lose the spiritual equivalent of oxygen. Animal
- She thought of how precious it was to be able to know another person over many years. There was incomparable richness in it. Able
- Like I said...fine with me. Fine
- You a low down dog is what’s wrong. It’s time to leave you and enter into the creation. And your dead body just the welcome… Body
- The world is changing. It is no longer a world just for boys and men Boys
- Laughter isn't even the other side of tears. It is tears turned inside out. Truly the suffering is great, here on earth. We blunder along,… Along
- Not only will your teachers appear, but they will cook new foods for you. Appear
- Men make war to get attention. All killing is an expression of self-hate. All
- Be nobody's darling; Be an outcast. Take the contradictions Of your life And wrap around You like a shawl, To parry stones To keep you… Contradiction
- 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 constant. Constant
- You must learn to love only that which cannot be stolen. Inspirational
- The nature of this flower is to bloom. Bloom
- When life descends into the pit I must become my own candle Willingly burning my self To light up the darkness around me. Burning
- Expect nothing. Live frugally On surprise. become a stranger To need of pity Or, if compassion be freely Given out Take only enough Stop short… All
- Any God I ever found in church, I brought in myself. Any
- I have fought and kicked and fasted and prayed and cursed and cried myself to the point of existing. Cried
- I don't know. I imagine good teaching as a circle of earnest people sitting down to ask each other meaningful questions. I don't see it… Answers
- Activism is my rent for living on the planet. Activism
- Some people don't understand that it is the nature of the eye to have seen forever, and the nature of the mind to recall anything… Ever Known
- Oh, Celie, unbelief is a terrible thing. And so is the hurt we cause others unknowingly. Cause
- it is this broken road with pitfalls and sharp turns and unexpected traverses that has brought me joy and adventure. Adventure
- Helped are those who forgive; their reward shall be forgetfulness of every evil done to them. It will be in their power, therefore, to envision… According
- Resistance is the secret of joy! Conformity