All Alice Walker Quotes
- To acknowledge our ancestors means we are aware that we did not make ourselves, that the line stretches all the way back, perhaps to God;… Acknowledge
- Surely the earth can be saved by all the people who insist on love. All
- I am an expression of the divine, just like a peach is, just like a fish is. I have a right to be this way...I… Apologize
- I feel a little peculiar around the children. For one thing, they grown. And I see they think me and Nettie and Shug and Albert… Albert
- Man corrupt everything, say Shug. He on your box of grits, in your head, and all over the radio. He try to make you think… All
- I think us here to wonder, myself. To wonder. To ask. And that in wondering bout the big things and asking bout the big things,… Accident
- What did it mean for a black woman to be an artist in our grandmothers' time? In our great-grandmothers' day? It is an answer cruel… Answer
- I've found, in my own writing, that a little hatred, keenly directed, is a useful thing. Directed
- I think it pisses God off if you walk by the color purple in a field somewhere and don't notice it. People think pleasing God… All
- we are the ones we have been waiting for Action
- God is different to us now, after all these years in Africa. More spirit than ever before, and more internal. Most people think he has… Africa
- She was so quiet. So reflective. And she could erase herself, her spirit, with a swiftness that truly startled, when she knew the people around… Erase
- One white man on the platform in South Carolina asked us where we were going--we had got off the train to get some fresh air… Africa
- A grown child is a dangerous thing. Child
- Some colored people so scared of whitefolks they claim to love the cotton gin. Claim
- Everything want to be loved. Us sing and dance and holler, just trying to be loved. Dance
- ...have you ever found God in church? I never did. I just found a bunch of folks hoping for him to show. Any God I… All
- I'm always amazed that people will actually choose to sit in front of the television and just be savaged by stuff that belittles their intelligence. Actually Choose
- Every time I conjure up a rock, I throw it. Conjure
- Resist the temptation to think what afflicts you is peculiar to you. Have faith that what is in your consciousness can be communicated to the… Afflicts
- I'm mad about the waste that happens when people who love each other can't even bring themselves to talk. Bring
- What you hope for, you also fear. Fear
- Aside from the fact that they say it's unhealthy, my fat ain't never been no trouble. Mens always have loved me. My kids ain't never… Aside
- Those in power must spend a lot of their time laughing at us. Funny
- (a womanist) 3. Loves music. Loves dance. Loves the moon. Loves the Spirit. Loves love and food and roundness. Loves struggle. Loves the Folk. Loves… Dance