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.
ALICE WALKERHow we come into this world, how we are ushered in, met, and hopefully embraced upon arrival, impacts the whole of our time on earth.
More Alice Walker Quotes
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How simple a thing it seems to me that to know ourselves as we are, we must know our mothers names.
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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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It matters to me that I feel loved by the universe – and I do.
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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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Men make war to get attention. All killing is an expression of self-hate.
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The original crime of niggers and lesbians is that they prefer themselves.
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Many people are aware that we are in peril and that there is no trustworthy leadership.
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Expecting anything, living frugally in surprise.
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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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Expect nothing. Live frugally on surprise.
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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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Abortion is an act of self-defense.
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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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Wherever I have knocked, a door has opened. Wherever I have wandered, a path has appeared.
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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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