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… my mother adorned with flowers whatever shabby house we were forced to live in.

Alice Walker

We writers – we’re the snowflakes of the literary world. We each have our own shape.
ALICE WALKER

Shape Snowflake World
Hard times require furious dancing. Each of us is proof.
ALICE WALKER

Dancing Hard Proof Times
How we come into this world, how we are ushered in, met, and hopefully embraced upon arrival, impacts the whole of our time on earth.
ALICE WALKER

Earth Impact Time World
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.
ALICE WALKER

Faith Humanity Pessimist
Poetry is the lifeblood of rebellion, revolution, and the raising of consciousness.
ALICE WALKER

Brilliant Consciousness Revolution
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.
ALICE WALKER

Hatred Mother People
Progress’ affects few. Only revolution can affect many.
ALICE WALKER

Many Progress Revolution
Expect nothing. Live frugally on surprise.
ALICE WALKER

Attitude Gratitude Life
Abortion is an act of self-defense.
ALICE WALKER

Abortion Defense Self
I think the foundation of everything in my life is wonder.
ALICE WALKER

Foundation Thinking Wonder
I know what I’m thinking bout, I think. Nothing. And as much of it as I can.
ALICE WALKER

Know Nothing Thinking
You can’t truly have an open heart until it’s been broken.
ALICE WALKER

Broken Heart Open
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.
ALICE WALKER

Children Criticism Writing
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.
ALICE WALKER

Anywhere Heart Lighten
How sad now never to see men holding hands, while everywhere one looks they are holding guns.
ALICE WALKER

Gun Men Peace
My heart hurt so much I can’t believe it. How can it keep beating, feeling like this?
ALICE WALKER

Believe Heart Hurt

… my mother adorned with flowers whatever shabby house we were forced to live in.

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… my mother adorned with flowers whatever shabby house we were forced to live in.

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