It matters to me that I feel loved by the universe – and I do.
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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My God is not a religious God. My God is nature, my God is everything there is. That’s God. Everything is God. I’m a child of that.
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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 write not only what I want to read…I write all the things I should have been able to read.
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Progress’ affects few. Only revolution can affect many.
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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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Men make war to get attention. All killing is an expression of self-hate.
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Wherever I have knocked, a door has opened. Wherever I have wandered, a path has appeared.
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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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I’m one in what I do and what I say and what I believe.
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Many people are aware that we are in peril and that there is no trustworthy leadership.
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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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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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Activism pays the rent on being alive and being here on the planet.
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Expect nothing. Live frugally on surprise.
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I think the foundation of everything in my life is wonder.
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