All Alice Walker Quotes
- At one point I learned transcendental meditation. This was 30-something years ago. It took me back to the way that I naturally was as a… Ago
- I'm not convinced that women have the education or the sense of their own history enough or that they understand the cruelty of which men… Capable
- War contributes greatly to global warming, which shouldn't surprise us. All those bombs going off, all those rockets, all those planes and helicopters. All that… Air
- Helped are those who create anything at all, for they shall relive the thrill of their own conception and realize a partnership in the creation… All
- People tend to think that life really does progress for everyone eventually, that people progress, but actually only some people progress. The rest of the… Doe
- Sometimes, reading a blog, which I do infrequently, I see that generations of Americans have been wilfully crippled, and can no longer spell or write… American
- Clearly older women and especially older women who have led an active life or elder women who successfully maneuver through their own family life have… Active
- I think that wealthy white people would like to have a country that resembles the Fifties, when all the minorities were tucked away in ghettos… All
- It's so clear that you have to cherish everyone. I think that's what I get from these older black women, that every soul is to… Black
- It no longer bothers me that I may be constantly searching for father figures; by this time, I have found several and dearly enjoyed knowing… All
- It's an awful feeling to write something that you feel is really important... and to feel that you're being published by people who really don't… Awful
- America is not nearly done. We're only in the beginning. Who knows who we will be? Who knows... what color we will be? It is… All
- I just like to have words that describe things correctly. Now to me, 'black feminist' does not do that. I need a word that is… Black
- It is justice and respect that I want the world to dust off and put - without delay, and with tenderness - back on the… Been
- 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 themselves… Coconut
- There are those who believe Black people possess the secret of joy and that it is this that will sustain them through any spiritual or… Any
- To me, the black black woman is our essential mother, the blacker she is the more us she is and to see the hatred that… Almost Entirely
- Well, I think indigenous peoples have ways of living on the Earth that they've had forever. And they've been overrun by organized religion, which has… Been
- All partisan movements add to the fullness of our understanding of society as a whole. They never detract; or, in any case, one must not… Add
- Deliver me from writers who say the way they live doesn't matter. I'm not sure a bad person can write a good book, If art… Art
- For me, writing has always come out of living a fairly to-the-bone kind of life, just really being present to a lot of life. The… Always Come
- I can imagine in years to come that my papers and memorabilia, my journals and letters, will find themselves always in the company of people… Care
- I was distressed that after 9/11, when the United States was attacked by terrorists, the United States' response was to attack Afghanistan, where some of… Afghanistan
- In my work and in myself I reflect black people, women and men, as I reflect others. One day even the most self-protective ones will… Afraid
- Part of what confuses people in times of upheaval is that you're getting so many different points of view and directions and so and so,… Cannot Understand