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 WALKERMy God is not a religious God. My God is nature, my God is everything there is. That’s God. Everything is God. I’m a child of that.
More Alice Walker Quotes
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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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I’m pore, I’m black, I may be ugly and can’t cook, a voice say to everything listening. But I’m here.
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You can’t truly have an open heart until it’s been broken.
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Creation is a sustained period of bliss.
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Expect nothing. Live frugally on surprise.
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Thank you’ is the best prayer that anyone could say.
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Hard times require furious dancing. Each of us is proof.
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It matters to me that I feel loved by the universe – and I do.
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The earth is wise. It has given itself into the keeping of all, and all are therefore accountable.
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It is healthier, in any case, to write for the adults one’s children will become than for the children one’s ‘mature’ critics often are.
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Poetry is the lifeblood of rebellion, revolution, and the raising of consciousness.
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I know what I’m thinking bout, I think. Nothing. And as much of it as I can.
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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 something that, maybe, our descendants – if they survive that long – will see.
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Men make war to get attention. All killing is an expression of self-hate.
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Whoever you are, whatever you are, start with that, whether salt of the earth or only white sugar.
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