Creation is a sustained period of bliss.
ALICE WALKERPoetry is the lifeblood of rebellion, revolution, and the raising of consciousness.
More Alice Walker Quotes
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… my mother adorned with flowers whatever shabby house we were forced to live in.
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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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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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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.
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Expect nothing. Live frugally on surprise.
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Activism pays the rent on being alive and being here on the planet.
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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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It matters to me that I feel loved by the universe – and I do.
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We writers – we’re the snowflakes of the literary world. We each have our own shape.
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I think the foundation of everything in my life is wonder.
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My parents taught me service – not by saying, but by doing. That was my culture, the culture of my family.
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Just because I don’t harass it like some peoples us know don’t mean I ain’t got religion.
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Thank you’ is the best prayer that anyone could say.
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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’re not here just to be a clone. You’re not here to be a copy. We have enough of those. You don’t have to apply. You don’t even have to go there to be absolutely yourself – real, here, now, on this planet.
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