Abortion is an act of self-defense.
ALICE WALKERMy parents taught me service – not by saying, but by doing. That was my culture, the culture of my family.
More Alice Walker Quotes
-
-
My heart hurt so much I can’t believe it. How can it keep beating, feeling like this?
ALICE WALKER -
I see children, all children, as humanity’s most precious resource, because it will be to them that the care of the planet will always be left.
ALICE WALKER -
People will say to you, “Oh, you are fearless.” That is so not true. We should stop saying that about people. It’s a slander, really.
ALICE WALKER -
Wherever I have knocked, a door has opened. Wherever I have wandered, a path has appeared.
ALICE WALKER -
I know what I’m thinking bout, I think. Nothing. And as much of it as I can.
ALICE WALKER -
How simple a thing it seems to me that to know ourselves as we are, we must know our mothers names.
ALICE WALKER -
I write not only what I want to read…I write all the things I should have been able to read.
ALICE WALKER -
Progress’ affects few. Only revolution can affect many.
ALICE WALKER -
One thing that never ceases to amaze me, along with the growth of vegetation from the earth and of hair from the head, is the growth of understanding.
ALICE WALKER -
Hard times require furious dancing. Each of us is proof.
ALICE WALKER -
Many people are aware that we are in peril and that there is no trustworthy leadership.
ALICE WALKER -
The earth is wise. It has given itself into the keeping of all, and all are therefore accountable.
ALICE WALKER -
You can’t truly have an open heart until it’s been broken.
ALICE WALKER -
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.
ALICE WALKER -
Whenever you are creating beauty around you, you are restoring your own soul.
ALICE WALKER