All Alice Walker Quotes
- 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… Alone
- When the ax came into the forest the trees said the handle is one of us. Ax
- If art doesn't make us better, then what on earth is it for. Art
- It just seems clear to me that as long as we are all here, it's pretty clear that the struggle is to share the planet,… All
- Listen, God love everything you love - and a mess of stuff you don't. But more than anything else, God love admiration. You saying God… Admiration
- Look closely at the present you are constructing: it should look like the future you are dreaming. African American
- The Olinka girls do not believe girls should be educated. When I asked a mother why she thought this, she said: A girl is nothing… Asked
- Hard times require furious dancing. Each of us is proof. Dancing
- The only way to solace anyone who loved you in life is to be a good memory Anyone
- We are all substantially flawed, wounded, angry, hurt, here on Earth. But this human condition, so painful to us, and in someways shameful- because we… All
- My heart hurt so much I can't believe it. How can it keep beating, feeling like this? Beating
- the world has changed: it did not change without your prayers without your faith without your determination to believe in liberation and kindness; without your… Beat
- A burnt finger remember the fire. Burnt
- You seem so clear about who you are. So certain that you are just right as you are, that for all your intelligence and maybe… All
- Animals can communicate quite well. And they do. And generally speaking, they are ignored Animal
- But it ain't easy, trying to do without God even if you know he ain't there, trying to do without him is a strain Easy
- It didn't take long to realize I didn't hardly know nothing. And that if you ast yourself why you black or a man or a… Black
- Time moves slowly, but passes quickly. Funny
- You must run around like a crazy person or walk sedately honoring the dead. Around Like
- You got to fight them, Celie, she say. I can't do it for you. You got to fight them for yourself. I don't say nothing.… Alive
- He beat me like he beat the children. Cept he don't never hardly beat them. He say, Celie, git the belt. The children be outside… All
- All my life I had to fight. I had to fight my daddy. I had to fight my brothers. I had to fight my cousins… All
- Well, sometime Mr —— git on me pretty hard. I have to talk to Old Maker. But he my husband. I shrug my shoulders. This… All
- I believe God is everything, say Shug. Everything that is or ever was or ever will be. And when you can feel that, and be… Believe
- Even as I hold you, I am letting you go. Go