Hard times require furious dancing. Each of us is proof.
ALICE WALKERWherever I have knocked, a door has opened. Wherever I have wandered, a path has appeared.
More Alice Walker Quotes
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To me, the black black woman is our essential mother, the blacker she is the more us she is and to see the hatred that is turned on her is enough to make me despair, almost entirely, of our future as a people.
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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 try to teach my heart not to want things it cant have.
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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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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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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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Expect nothing. Live frugally on surprise.
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Abortion is an act of self-defense.
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… my mother adorned with flowers whatever shabby house we were forced to live in.
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Revolt is the mirror in which greed is forced to see itself.
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Wherever I have knocked, a door has opened. Wherever I have wandered, a path has appeared.
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People will say to you, “Oh, you are fearless.” That is so not true. We should stop saying that about people. It’s a slander, really.
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Whenever you are creating beauty around you, you are restoring your own soul.
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I think the foundation of everything in my life is wonder.
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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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