All Alice Walker Quotes
- The artist...is the voice of the people. Art
- Poetry is the lifeblood of rebellion, revolution, and the raising of consciousness. Brilliant
- But if by some miracle and all our struggle, the earth is spared, only justice to every living being will save humankind. All
- A writer's heart, a poet's heart, an artist's heart, a musician's heart is always breaking. It is through that broken window that we see the… Always Breaking
- As I get older, I realize that the thing I value the most is good-heartednes s. Get Older
- I think the War on Terror is really absurd, especially coming from a country that is founded on terrorism. Absurd
- Helped are those too busy living to respond when they are wrongfully attacked: on their walks they shall find mysteries so intriguing as to distract… Attacked
- Whenever you are creating beauty around you, you are restoring your own soul. Amazing Life
- How we come into this world, how we are ushered in, met, and hopefully embraced upon arrival, impacts the whole of our time on earth. Arrival
- There is no graceful way to carry hatred. Carry
- Revolt is the mirror in which greed is forced to see itself. Forced
- I can be almost terminally grief-stricken because things are so dire, but at the same, there's a real lightheartednes s about just the recoverability of… Change
- Abortion is an act of self-defense. Abortion
- It is chilling to think that the same people who persecuted the wise women and men of Europe, its midwives and healers, then crossed the… Africa
- I don’t need a certain number of friends, just a number of friends I can be certain of. Certain
- If I could live as a tree, as a river, as the moon, as the sun, as a star, as the earth, as a rock,… Any
- You are saying, are you not, I said to Manuelito, that stories have more room in them than ideas? [...] He laughed. That is correct,… Almost See
- Books became my world because the world I was in was very hard. Became
- I think colors are miraculous. We live in a universe that is extremely creative and magical. We become happier as we appreciate these things in… Appreciate
- Nature has created us with the capacity to know God, to experience God. Capacity
- In each of us, there is a little voice that knows exactly which way to go. And I learned very early to listen to it,… Answer
- We are a people. A people do not throw their geniuses away. If they do, it is our duty as witnesses for the future to… Bone
- I write not only what I want to read...I write all the things I should have been able to read. Able
- Some periods of our growth are so confusing that we don't even recognize that growth is happening...Those long periods when something inside ourselves seems to… All
- Wish for nothing larger Than your own small heart. Heart