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 had a lot of money and power.
ALICE WALKERIt matters to me that I feel loved by the universe – and I do.
More Alice Walker Quotes
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How simple a thing it seems to me that to know ourselves as we are, we must know our mothers names.
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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 is turned on her is enough to make me despair, almost entirely, of our future as a people.
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Men make war to get attention. All killing is an expression of self-hate.
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I have a lot of faith in us. I have a lot of faith in humanity. It’s based, though, on my own life; I’ve come too far to be a pessimist.
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Expecting anything, living frugally in surprise.
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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 them all.
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The original crime of niggers and lesbians is that they prefer themselves.
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I think the foundation of everything in my life is wonder.
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You can’t send me anywhere that I wouldn’t be happy to go. You’d be surprised as to how that lightens the heart.
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I write not only what I want to read…I write all the things I should have been able to read.
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Revolt is the mirror in which greed is forced to see itself.
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Hard times require furious dancing. Each of us is proof.
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Whenever I have knocked, a door has opened. Wherever I have wandered, a path has appeared. I have been helped, supported, encouraged and nurtured by people of all races, creeds, colors and dreams.
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I try to teach my heart not to want things it cant have.
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Abortion is an act of self-defense.
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