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Alice Walker Quotes: "Language is an intrinsic part of who we are and what has, for good or evil, happened to us."

Language is an intrinsic part of who we are and what has, for good or evil, happened to us.



Alice Walker Quotes: "Expecting anything, living frugally in surprise."

Expecting anything, living frugally in surprise.




Alice Walker Quotes: "It must become a right of every person to die of old age. And if we secure this right for ourselves, we can, coincidentally, assure it for the planet."

It must become a right of every person to die of old age. And if we secure this right for ourselves, we can, coincidentally, assure it for the planet.



Alice Walker Quotes: "Curiosity is my natural state and has led me headlong into every worthwhile experience (never mind the others) I have ever had."

Curiosity is my natural state and has led me headlong into every worthwhile experience (never mind the others) I have ever had.




Alice Walker Quotes: "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."

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.



Alice Walker Quotes: "Listen, God loves everything you love, and a mess of stuff you don't."

Listen, God loves everything you love, and a mess of stuff you don't.



Alice Walker Quotes: "My great-great-great-grandmother walked as a slave from Virginia to Eatonton, Georgia... It is in memory of this walk that I chose to keep and to embrace my "maiden" name, Walker."

My great-great-great-grandmother walked as a slave from Virginia to Eatonton, Georgia... It is in memory of this walk that I chose to keep and to embrace my "maiden" name, Walker.




Alice Walker Quotes: "I don't call myself a Buddhist. I'm a free spirit. I believe I'm here on earth to admire and enjoy it; that's my religion."

I don't call myself a Buddhist. I'm a free spirit. I believe I'm here on earth to admire and enjoy it; that's my religion.



Alice Walker Quotes: "Abortion is an act of self-defense."

Abortion is an act of self-defense.



Alice Walker Quotes: "I'm for women choosing whatever they want to do but they have to really know what they are doing."

I'm for women choosing whatever they want to do but they have to really know what they are doing.



Alice Walker Quotes: "The world is changing. It is no longer a world just for boys and men"

The world is changing. It is no longer a world just for boys and men



Alice Walker Quotes: "Only dead people need loud music, you know."

Only dead people need loud music, you know.




Alice Walker Quotes: "Aside from the fact that they say it's unhealthy, my fat ain't never been no trouble. Mens always have loved me. My kids ain't never complained. Plus they's fat."

Aside from the fact that they say it's unhealthy, my fat ain't never been no trouble. Mens always have loved me. My kids ain't never complained. Plus they's fat.



Alice Walker Quotes: "This life soon be over, I say. Heaven last all ways."

This life soon be over, I say. Heaven last all ways.



Alice Walker Quotes: "I don't know nothing, I think. And glad of it."

I don't know nothing, I think. And glad of it.



Alice Walker Quotes: "Just because I don't harass it like some peoples us know don't mean I ain't got religion."

Just because I don't harass it like some peoples us know don't mean I ain't got religion.



Alice Walker Quotes: "I know what I'm thinking bout, I think. Nothing. And as much of it as I can."

I know what I'm thinking bout, I think. Nothing. And as much of it as I can.



Alice Walker Quotes: "I feel I am a child that's lost its mother. I feel like a calf whose mother has gone off to slaughter."

I feel I am a child that's lost its mother. I feel like a calf whose mother has gone off to slaughter.



Alice Walker Quotes: "That is scary, when you consider what we're doing to children all over the planet. They're the ones who are truly being terrorized by all the madness adults are perpetrating."

That is scary, when you consider what we're doing to children all over the planet. They're the ones who are truly being terrorized by all the madness adults are perpetrating.



Alice Walker Quotes: "What did it mean for a black woman to be an artist in our grandmothers' time? In our great-grandmothers' day? It is an answer cruel enough to stop the blood."

What did it mean for a black woman to be an artist in our grandmothers' time? In our great-grandmothers' day? It is an answer cruel enough to stop the blood.



Alice Walker Quotes: "Whoever you are, whatever you are, start with that, whether salt of the earth or only white sugar."

Whoever you are, whatever you are, start with that, whether salt of the earth or only white sugar.



Alice Walker Quotes: "Writing saved me from the sin and inconvenience of violence - as it saves most writers who live in 'interesting' oppressive times and are not afflicted by personal immunity."

Writing saved me from the sin and inconvenience of violence - as it saves most writers who live in 'interesting' oppressive times and are not afflicted by personal immunity.



Alice Walker Quotes: "I started out as a poet. I've always been a poet since I was 7 or 8. And so I feel myself to be fundamentally a poet who got into writing novels."

I started out as a poet. I've always been a poet since I was 7 or 8. And so I feel myself to be fundamentally a poet who got into writing novels.



Alice Walker Quotes: "If a person is hit hard enough, even if she stands, she falls."

If a person is hit hard enough, even if she stands, she falls.



Alice Walker Quotes: "I'm pore, I'm black, I may be ugly and can't cook, a voice say to everything listening. But I'm here."

I'm pore, I'm black, I may be ugly and can't cook, a voice say to everything listening. But I'm here.



Alice Walker Quotes: "I feel that the ancestors are that covering that will cover me. I feel like I can only be enveloped in them spiritually and physically."

I feel that the ancestors are that covering that will cover me. I feel like I can only be enveloped in them spiritually and physically.



Alice Walker Quotes: "I think there is a sense of being forced at this time to look at America's really large shadow and that's not all that bad."

I think there is a sense of being forced at this time to look at America's really large shadow and that's not all that bad.



Alice Walker Quotes: "Even now, I find that no matter what has happened, I still have that trust. I have a lot of trust, that people can be better than they are."

Even now, I find that no matter what has happened, I still have that trust. I have a lot of trust, that people can be better than they are.



Alice Walker Quotes: "If she come, I be happy. If she don't, I be content."

If she come, I be happy. If she don't, I be content.



Alice Walker Quotes: "We have elders who [are] misguided and wallowing around in troughs of money with the wrong sort. They're not really good elders for the youth to emulate. The youth rightly don't like them."

We have elders who [are] misguided and wallowing around in troughs of money with the wrong sort. They're not really good elders for the youth to emulate. The youth rightly don't like them.



Alice Walker Quotes: "My work is about my life, and what I want to do with it."

My work is about my life, and what I want to do with it.



Alice Walker Quotes: "As you know from school, it's when you have not prepared for the test that you have the fear of failing. And if you have prepared, even if you fail, you've done your best."

As you know from school, it's when you have not prepared for the test that you have the fear of failing. And if you have prepared, even if you fail, you've done your best.



Alice Walker Quotes: "Meditation is like the cloak of the good thief. You find a corner or somewhere where you can actually entertain your own self and your own soul, and understand what your work [is] here."

Meditation is like the cloak of the good thief. You find a corner or somewhere where you can actually entertain your own self and your own soul, and understand what your work [is] here.



Alice Walker Quotes: "Find yourself a cup of tea; the teapot is behind you. Now tell me about hundreds of things. Saki Tea to the English is really a picnic indoors."

Find yourself a cup of tea; the teapot is behind you. Now tell me about hundreds of things. Saki Tea to the English is really a picnic indoors.



Alice Walker Quotes: "I realized I was a country person - I'm just not used to small spaces."

I realized I was a country person - I'm just not used to small spaces.



Alice Walker Quotes: "I was distressed that after 9/11, when the United States was attacked by terrorists, the United States' response was to attack Afghanistan, where some of the terrorists had been."

I was distressed that after 9/11, when the United States was attacked by terrorists, the United States' response was to attack Afghanistan, where some of the terrorists had been.



Alice Walker Quotes: "I have never felt that the one thing that I am 'known for' is what I am."

I have never felt that the one thing that I am 'known for' is what I am.



Alice Walker Quotes: "I could never live happily in Africa-or anywhere else-until I could live freely in Mississippi."

I could never live happily in Africa-or anywhere else-until I could live freely in Mississippi.



Alice Walker Quotes: "We alone can devalue gold by not caring if it falls or rises in the marketplace. Wherever there is gold there is a chain, you know, and if your chain is gold so much the worse for you."

We alone can devalue gold by not caring if it falls or rises in the marketplace. Wherever there is gold there is a chain, you know, and if your chain is gold so much the worse for you.



Alice Walker Quotes: "Every time I conjure up a rock, I throw it."

Every time I conjure up a rock, I throw it.



Alice Walker Quotes: "In our particular society, it is the narrowed and narrowing view of life that often wins."

In our particular society, it is the narrowed and narrowing view of life that often wins.



Alice Walker Quotes: "In the far upper corner of my altar is a photo of Joan Crawford in her most fierce Mommy Dearest mode, just to remind me of some of the cost of everyone's hard-earned sweetness and light."

In the far upper corner of my altar is a photo of Joan Crawford in her most fierce Mommy Dearest mode, just to remind me of some of the cost of everyone's hard-earned sweetness and light.



Alice Walker Quotes: "I feel like to be where you need to be - where you know you need to be - is such a high. What could be better?"

I feel like to be where you need to be - where you know you need to be - is such a high. What could be better?



Alice Walker Quotes: "My life is not to be somebody else's impact - you know what I mean?"

My life is not to be somebody else's impact - you know what I mean?



Alice Walker Quotes: "It didn't take long to realize I didn't hardly know nothing. And that if you ast yourself why you black or a man or a woman or a bush it don't mean nothing if you don't ast why you here, period"

It didn't take long to realize I didn't hardly know nothing. And that if you ast yourself why you black or a man or a woman or a bush it don't mean nothing if you don't ast why you here, period



Alice Walker Quotes: "The infinite faith I have in people's ability to understand anything that makes sense has always been justified, finally, by their behavior."

The infinite faith I have in people's ability to understand anything that makes sense has always been justified, finally, by their behavior.



Alice Walker Quotes: "Love is big; love can hold anger, love can even hold hatred. It's about the intention of what you want it to do."

Love is big; love can hold anger, love can even hold hatred. It's about the intention of what you want it to do.



Alice Walker Quotes: "Being happy is not the only happiness."

Being happy is not the only happiness.



Alice Walker Quotes: "A burnt finger remember the fire."

A burnt finger remember the fire.