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Alice Walker Quotes: "I don't know if you actually get something out of writing poetry. I think poetry is an autonomous muse that decides to come and sit on your couch."

I don't know if you actually get something out of writing poetry. I think poetry is an autonomous muse that decides to come and sit on your couch.



Alice Walker Quotes: "My writing is very organic. It's what I am. My mother says I was writing before I was crawling. I wrote in the dirt with a twig. So I think of it as something that's very essential to my being."

My writing is very organic. It's what I am. My mother says I was writing before I was crawling. I wrote in the dirt with a twig. So I think of it as something that's very essential to my being.




Alice Walker Quotes: "Everything wanna be loved. Us sing and dance, and holla just wanting to be loved."

Everything wanna be loved. Us sing and dance, and holla just wanting to be loved.



Alice Walker Quotes: "Writing saved me from the sin and inconvenience of violence."

Writing saved me from the sin and inconvenience of violence.




Alice Walker Quotes: "Our mothers and grandmothers ... moving to music not yet written."

Our mothers and grandmothers ... moving to music not yet written.



Alice Walker Quotes: "The artist...is the voice of the people."

The artist...is the voice of the people.



Alice Walker Quotes: "It's so clear that you have to cherish everyone."

It's so clear that you have to cherish everyone.




Alice Walker Quotes: "Anybody can observe the Sabbath, but making it holy surely takes the rest of the week."

Anybody can observe the Sabbath, but making it holy surely takes the rest of the week.



Alice Walker Quotes: "What a burden to think one is conceived in sin rather than in pleasure; that one is born into evil rather than into joy."

What a burden to think one is conceived in sin rather than in pleasure; that one is born into evil rather than into joy.



Alice Walker Quotes: "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."

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.



Alice Walker Quotes: "HELPED are those who are shown the existence of the Creator's magic in the Universe; they shall experience delight and astonishment without ceasing."

HELPED are those who are shown the existence of the Creator's magic in the Universe; they shall experience delight and astonishment without ceasing.



Alice Walker Quotes: "All partisan movements add to the fullness of our understanding of society as a whole. They never detract; or, in any case, one must not allow them to do so. Experience adds to experience."

All partisan movements add to the fullness of our understanding of society as a whole. They never detract; or, in any case, one must not allow them to do so. Experience adds to experience.




Alice Walker Quotes: "The good news may be that Nature is phasing out the white man, but the bad news is that's who She thinks we all are."

The good news may be that Nature is phasing out the white man, but the bad news is that's who She thinks we all are.



Alice Walker Quotes: "Eventually I knew what hair wanted; it wanted to be itself ... to be left alone by anyone, including me, who did not love it as it was."

Eventually I knew what hair wanted; it wanted to be itself ... to be left alone by anyone, including me, who did not love it as it was.



Alice Walker Quotes: "Critics don't really affect the fact that we live in this paradise and what the meaning of that [is]. And what luck to have this!"

Critics don't really affect the fact that we live in this paradise and what the meaning of that [is]. And what luck to have this!



Alice Walker Quotes: "Helped are those who forgive; their reward shall be forgetfulness of every evil done to them. It will be in their power, therefore, to envision the new Earth. -----“The Gospel According to Shug"

Helped are those who forgive; their reward shall be forgetfulness of every evil done to them. It will be in their power, therefore, to envision the new Earth. -----“The Gospel According to Shug



Alice Walker Quotes: "In order to be able to live at all in America I must be unafraid to live anywhere in it, and I must be able to live in the fashion and with whom I choose."

In order to be able to live at all in America I must be unafraid to live anywhere in it, and I must be able to live in the fashion and with whom I choose.



Alice Walker Quotes: "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."

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.



Alice Walker Quotes: "How sad now never to see men holding hands, while everywhere one looks they are holding guns."

How sad now never to see men holding hands, while everywhere one looks they are holding guns.



Alice Walker Quotes: "HELPED are those whose every act is a prayer for peace; on them depends the future of the world."

HELPED are those whose every act is a prayer for peace; on them depends the future of the world.



Alice Walker Quotes: "You know, one race will not be a survivor if the other one dies, and that's something that we should think about."

You know, one race will not be a survivor if the other one dies, and that's something that we should think about.



Alice Walker Quotes: "Books became my world because the world I was in was very hard."

Books became my world because the world I was in was very hard.



Alice Walker Quotes: "Humans - whatever billions we are - we don't have the control. We are considered expendable, basically."

Humans - whatever billions we are - we don't have the control. We are considered expendable, basically.



Alice Walker Quotes: "But if by some miracle and all our struggle, the earth is spared, only justice to every living being will save humankind."

But if by some miracle and all our struggle, the earth is spared, only justice to every living being will save humankind.



Alice Walker Quotes: "But I don't know how to fight. All I know how to do is stay alive."

But I don't know how to fight. All I know how to do is stay alive.



Alice Walker Quotes: "Life is abundant, and life is beautiful. And it's a good place that we're all in, you know, on this earth, if we take care of it."

Life is abundant, and life is beautiful. And it's a good place that we're all in, you know, on this earth, if we take care of it.



Alice Walker Quotes: "All History is current; all injustice continues on some level, somewhere in the world."

All History is current; all injustice continues on some level, somewhere in the world.



Alice Walker Quotes: "allowing freedom to others brings freedom to ourselves."

allowing freedom to others brings freedom to ourselves.



Alice Walker Quotes: "She was so quiet. So reflective. And she could erase herself, her spirit, with a swiftness that truly startled, when she knew the people around her could not respect it."

She was so quiet. So reflective. And she could erase herself, her spirit, with a swiftness that truly startled, when she knew the people around her could not respect it.



Alice Walker Quotes: "If I'm killed - if I'm removed - there is nowhere else for me to go but to my ancestors."

If I'm killed - if I'm removed - there is nowhere else for me to go but to my ancestors.



Alice Walker Quotes: "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."

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 Walker Quotes: "You can't truly have an open heart until it's been broken."

You can't truly have an open heart until it's been broken.



Alice Walker Quotes: "Everything is already perfect. And if you can accept that everything is already perfect, the imperfection is a part of the perfection. What's to worry about?"

Everything is already perfect. And if you can accept that everything is already perfect, the imperfection is a part of the perfection. What's to worry about?



Alice Walker Quotes: "Not only will your teachers appear, but they will cook new foods for you."

Not only will your teachers appear, but they will cook new foods for you.



Alice Walker Quotes: "I just really love people a lot. I really love them."

I just really love people a lot. I really love them.



Alice Walker Quotes: "HELPED are those who love the entire cosmos rather than their own tiny country, city, or farm, for to them will be shown the unbroken web of life and the meaning of infinity."

HELPED are those who love the entire cosmos rather than their own tiny country, city, or farm, for to them will be shown the unbroken web of life and the meaning of infinity.



Alice Walker Quotes: "HELPED are those who live in quietness, knowing neither brand name nor fad; they shall live every day as if in eternity, and each moment shall be as full as it is long."

HELPED are those who live in quietness, knowing neither brand name nor fad; they shall live every day as if in eternity, and each moment shall be as full as it is long.



Alice Walker Quotes: "When people become elders - when they're older; they can be old without being an elder, really. They [can] just be old and not very useful."

When people become elders - when they're older; they can be old without being an elder, really. They [can] just be old and not very useful.



Alice Walker Quotes: "Laughter isn't even the other side of tears. It is tears turned inside out. Truly the suffering is great, here on earth."

Laughter isn't even the other side of tears. It is tears turned inside out. Truly the suffering is great, here on earth.



Alice Walker Quotes: "There are those who believe Black people possess the secret of joy and that it is this that will sustain them through any spiritual or moral or physical devastation."

There are those who believe Black people possess the secret of joy and that it is this that will sustain them through any spiritual or moral or physical devastation.



Alice Walker Quotes: "The earth is wise. It has given itself into the keeping of all, and all are therefore accountable."

The earth is wise. It has given itself into the keeping of all, and all are therefore accountable.



Alice Walker Quotes: "Revolt is the mirror in which greed is forced to see itself."

Revolt is the mirror in which greed is forced to see itself.



Alice Walker Quotes: "My parents taught me service - not by saying, but by doing. That was my culture, the culture of my family."

My parents taught me service - not by saying, but by doing. That was my culture, the culture of my family.



Alice Walker Quotes: "I think colors are miraculous. We live in a universe that is extremely creative and magical. We become happier as we appreciate these things in nature."

I think colors are miraculous. We live in a universe that is extremely creative and magical. We become happier as we appreciate these things in nature.



Alice Walker Quotes: "I'm mad about the waste that happens when people who love each other can't even bring themselves to talk."

I'm mad about the waste that happens when people who love each other can't even bring themselves to talk.



Alice Walker Quotes: "Yoga means to bind back, unite. To bring the body and the soul together. For this reason the practice of yoga is a holy endeavor and the teaching of it to our people a very high calling."

Yoga means to bind back, unite. To bring the body and the soul together. For this reason the practice of yoga is a holy endeavor and the teaching of it to our people a very high calling.



Alice Walker Quotes: "Creation is a sustained period of bliss."

Creation is a sustained period of bliss.



Alice Walker Quotes: "We must, I believe, start teaching our children the sanity of nonviolence much earlier."

We must, I believe, start teaching our children the sanity of nonviolence much earlier.



Alice Walker Quotes: "I almost never do anything for Black History Month, because I feel it's just another way to separate us."

I almost never do anything for Black History Month, because I feel it's just another way to separate us.