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 WALKERI 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 WALKERI 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.
ALICE WALKERWhenever 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.
ALICE WALKER… my mother adorned with flowers whatever shabby house we were forced to live in.
ALICE WALKERThe earth is wise. It has given itself into the keeping of all, and all are therefore accountable.
ALICE WALKERHow simple a thing it seems to me that to know ourselves as we are, we must know our mothers names.
ALICE WALKERExpecting anything, living frugally in surprise.
ALICE WALKEROne 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.
ALICE WALKERAbortion is an act of self-defense.
ALICE WALKERI think we have to own the fears that we have of each other, and then, in some practical way, some daily way, figure out how to see people differently than the way we were brought up to.
ALICE WALKERThank you’ is the best prayer that anyone could say.
ALICE WALKERMy heart hurt so much I can’t believe it. How can it keep beating, feeling like this?
ALICE WALKERI know what I’m thinking bout, I think. Nothing. And as much of it as I can.
ALICE WALKERIt matters to me that I feel loved by the universe – and I do.
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.
ALICE WALKERI write not only what I want to read…I write all the things I should have been able to read.
ALICE WALKER