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Alice Walker Quotes - Page 7

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War is a dead end, literally. And, what is more, we simply can't afford it. Not morally, and not financially. How long will it take the citizens of the United States, one wonders, to recognize that the house their

War is a dead end, literally. And, what is more, we simply can't afford it. Not morally, and not financially. How long will it take the citizens of the United States, one wonders, to recognize that the house their country bombed in Iraq is the same one they were living in until it was foreclosed?

Country, War, Iraq

Alice Walker (2013). “The Cushion in the Road: Meditation and Wandering as the Whole World Awakens to Being in Harm's Way”, p.244, New Press, The

I think it pisses God off if you walk by the color purple in a field somewhere and don't notice it.

Inspiring, God, Religious

Alice Walker (2012). “Anything We Love Can Be Saved: A Writer's Activism”, p.29, Ballantine Books

I think America has always been polarized... It's a racist country and it has always been.

Country, Thinking, America

Source: inamerica.blogs.cnn.com

The long-term accommodation that protects marriage and other such relationships is ... forgetfulness.

Long, Accommodations, Protect

Alice Walker (1994). “The Complete Stories”

What you hope for, you also fear.

Alice Walker (1990). “The Temple of My Familiar”

(a womanist) 3. Loves music. Loves dance. Loves the moon. Loves the Spirit. Loves love and food and roundness. Loves struggle. Loves the Folk. Loves herself. Regardless.

Struggle, Moon, Spirit Love

Alice Walker (2013). “The Alice Walker Collection: Non-Fiction”, p.1964, Hachette UK

You know a little drink now and then never hurt nobody, but when you can't git started without asking the bottle, you in trouble.

Hurt, Drinking, Bottles

Alice Walker (2003). “The third life of Grange Copeland: Meridian ; The color purple”

The forest is the first cathedral. I felt that from the time I was a child. I credit my mother with that. I used to think it came from her Native-American side. Whichever it was, she instinctively connected with nature, and taught me that. Church just could not hold my spirit.

Mother, Children, Thinking

Source: www.pittsburghurbanmedia.com

Horses make a landscape look beautiful.

Beautiful, Horse, Inspiration

The Olinka girls do not believe girls should be educated. When I asked a mother why she thought this, she said: A girl is nothing to herself; only to her husband can she become something. What can she become? I asked. Why, she said, the mother of his children. But I am not the mother of anybody's children, I said, and I am something.

Girl, Mother, Children

Alice Walker (1982). “El color púrpura”, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P

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

Mother, Moving, Grandma

What I've seen from keeping in touch as well as I can is that what I find so typical in Mexican culture is the helpfulness of the people to each other. I think, at this point, that is the highest good and the highest we can hope for - which is to be of help and use to each other wherever we are.

Thinking, People, Mexican

Source: alicewalkersgarden.com

Yes, Mother. I can see you are flawed. You have not hidden it. That is your greatest gift to me.

Mom, Mother, Flawed

Alice Walker (1997). “Possessing the Secret of Joy”, p.272, Simon and Schuster

The only way to solace anyone who loved you in life is to be a good memory

Memories, Way, Life Is

Alice Walker (2012). “By the Light of My Father's Smile: A Novel”, p.252, Ballantine Books

I believe God is everything, say Shug. Everything that is or ever was or ever will be. And when you can feel that, and be happy to feel that, you've found It.

Believe, Found, Shug

"Anything We Love Can Be Saved". Book by Alice Walker, June 1997.

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?

Acceptance, Perfect, Worry

Alice Walker (2013). “The World Has Changed: Conversations with Alice Walker”, p.326, The New Press

We will be ourselves and free, or die in the attempt. Harriet Tubman was not our great-grandmother for nothing.

Happiness, Success, Perseverance

Alice Walker (2013). “The Alice Walker Collection: Fiction”, p.804, Hachette UK

I had assumed that the Earth, the spirit of the Earth, noticed exceptions-those who wantonly damage it and those who do not. But the Earth is wise. It has given itself into the keeping of all, and all are therefore accountable.

Wise, Earth Day, Damage

Alice Walker (2013). “The Alice Walker Collection: Non-Fiction”, p.256, Hachette UK

I know, in my soul, that to eat a creature who is raised to be eaten, and who never has a chance to be a real being, is unhealthy. It's like...you're just eating misery. You're eating a bitter life.

Real, Vegetarianism, Soul

To grow, to become spiritually alive, and vibrant, you really have to struggle. Without struggle, you do not move at all...I would appreciate it if readers who come to my work would try very, very, very hard not to think narrowly as we are taught to think in America.

Struggle, Moving, Thinking

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

Self Esteem, Literature, Week

Alice Walker (2013). “The Alice Walker Collection: Non-Fiction”, p.161, Hachette UK

My mother had handed down respect for the possibilities...and the will to grasp them.

Daughter, Mother, Mother And Daughter

Alice Walker, Barbara Christian (1994). “Everyday Use”, p.48, Rutgers University Press

I really think admiration for nature can save us. I mean true admiration, to the point of not letting it be harmed.

Mean, Thinking, Admiration

Source: alicewalkersgarden.com

I can spend two hours grubbing about in my garden, dazed with pleasure and intent, and it feels like five minutes.

Garden, Two, Hours

Alice Walker (2013). “The Cushion in the Road: Meditation and Wandering as the Whole World Awakens to Being in Harm's Way”, p.145, New Press, The

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

Diversity, Cherish, Clear

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