Men make war to get attention. All killing is an expression of self-hate.
ALICE WALKERMy parents taught me service – not by saying, but by doing. That was my culture, the culture of my family.
More Alice Walker Quotes
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I think the foundation of everything in my life is wonder.
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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.
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How sad now never to see men holding hands, while everywhere one looks they are holding guns.
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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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Expecting anything, living frugally in surprise.
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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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My heart hurt so much I can’t believe it. How can it keep beating, feeling like this?
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One thing that never ceases to amaze me, along with the growth of vegetation from the earth and of hair from the head, is the growth of understanding.
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I can be almost terminally grief-stricken because things are so dire, but at the same, there’s a real lightheartednes s about just the recoverability of life, of how things change, how they’re not the same, ever again.
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I try to teach my heart not to want things it cant have.
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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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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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Activism pays the rent on being alive and being here on the planet.
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Creation is a sustained period of bliss.
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Whenever you are creating beauty around you, you are restoring your own soul.
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