Just because I don’t harass it like some peoples us know don’t mean I ain’t got religion.
ALICE WALKERIt 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.
More Alice Walker Quotes
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Poetry is the lifeblood of rebellion, revolution, and the raising of consciousness.
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Expecting anything, living frugally in surprise.
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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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Progress’ affects few. Only revolution can affect many.
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Whenever I have knocked, a door has opened. Wherever I have wandered, a path has appeared. I have been helped, supported, encouraged and nurtured by people of all races, creeds, colors and dreams.
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Thank you’ is the best prayer that anyone could say.
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Revolt is the mirror in which greed is forced to see itself.
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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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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 know what I’m thinking bout, I think. Nothing. And as much of it as I can.
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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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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.
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I think the foundation of everything in my life is wonder.
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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.
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My heart hurt so much I can’t believe it. How can it keep beating, feeling like this?
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