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… my mother adorned with flowers whatever shabby house we were forced to live in.
More Alice Walker Quotes
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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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I think the foundation of everything in my life is wonder.
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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.
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Wherever I have knocked, a door has opened. Wherever I have wandered, a path has appeared.
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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 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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Whoever you are, whatever you are, start with that, whether salt of the earth or only white sugar.
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Creation is a sustained period of bliss.
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I think we have to own the fears that we have of each other, and then, in some practical way, some daily way, figure out how to see people differently than the way we were brought up to.
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Expect nothing. Live frugally on surprise.
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Many people are aware that we are in peril and that there is no trustworthy leadership.
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Abortion is an act of self-defense.
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You can’t truly have an open heart until it’s been broken.
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Whenever you are creating beauty around you, you are restoring your own soul.
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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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