Alice Walker QuotesAlice Walker Quotes

All History is current; all All History is current; all injustice continues on some injustice continues on some

level, somewhere in the level, somewhere in the world. world.

All partisan movements add All partisan movements add to the fullness of our to the fullness of our

understanding of society as a understanding of society as a whole. They never detract; whole. They never detract;

or, in any case, one must not or, in any case, one must not allow them to do so. allow them to do so. Experience adds to Experience adds to

experience. experience.

And so our mothers and And so our mothers and grandmothers have, more grandmothers have, more

often than not anonymously, often than not anonymously, handed on the creative handed on the creative

spark, the seed of the flower spark, the seed of the flower they themselves never hoped they themselves never hoped to see - or like a sealed letter to see - or like a sealed letter they could not plainly read. they could not plainly read.

Any God I ever felt in church I Any God I ever felt in church I brought in with me. brought in with me.

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

week. week.

Deliver me from writers who Deliver me from writers who say the way they live doesn't say the way they live doesn't

matter. I'm not sure a bad matter. I'm not sure a bad person can write a good person can write a good

book, If art doesn't make us book, If art doesn't make us better, then what on earth is better, then what on earth is

it for. it for.

Don't wait around for other Don't wait around for other people to be happy for you. people to be happy for you.

Any happiness you get Any happiness you get you've got to make yourself. you've got to make yourself.

Expect nothing. Live Expect nothing. Live frugally on surprise. frugally on surprise.

For in the end, freedom is a For in the end, freedom is a personal and lonely battle; personal and lonely battle;

and one faces down fears of and one faces down fears of today so that those of today so that those of

tomorrow might be engaged. tomorrow might be engaged.

Helped are those who create Helped are those who create anything at all, for they shall anything at all, for they shall relive the thrill of their own relive the thrill of their own

conception and realize a conception and realize a partnership in the creation of partnership in the creation of the Universe that keeps them the Universe that keeps them

responsible and cheerful. responsible and cheerful.

Horses make a landscape Horses make a landscape look beautiful. look beautiful.

How simple a thing it seems How simple a thing it seems to me that to know ourselves to me that to know ourselves as we are, we must know our as we are, we must know our

mothers names. mothers names.

I have learned not to worry I have learned not to worry about love; but to honor its about love; but to honor its coming with all my heart. coming with all my heart.

I think we have to own the I think we have to own the fears that we have of each fears that we have of each other, and then, in some other, and then, in some practical way, some daily practical way, some daily way, figure out how to see way, figure out how to see people differently than the people differently than the

way we were brought up to. way we were brought up to.

I try to teach my heart not I try to teach my heart not to want things it can't to want things it can't

have. have.

in weird ways, and they're in weird ways, and they're still beautiful. still beautiful.

It is healthier, in any case, to It is healthier, in any case, to write for the adults one's write for the adults one's

children will become than for children will become than for the children one's "mature" the children one's "mature"

critics often are. critics often are.

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

that's what I get from these that's what I get from these older black women, that older black women, that

every soul is to be cherished, every soul is to be cherished, that every flower Is to bloom. that every flower Is to bloom.

Life is better than death, I Life is better than death, I believe, if only because it is believe, if only because it is less boring, and because it less boring, and because it

has fresh peaches in it. has fresh peaches in it.

Never be the only one, Never be the only one, except, possibly, in your own except, possibly, in your own

home. home.

No person is your friend who No person is your friend who demands your silence, or demands your silence, or denies your right to grow. denies your right to grow.

Nobody is as powerful as Nobody is as powerful as we make them out to be. we make them out to be.

People do not wish to appear People do not wish to appear foolish; to avoid the foolish; to avoid the

appearance of foolishness, appearance of foolishness, they are willing to remain they are willing to remain

actually fools. actually fools.

People tend to think that life People tend to think that life really does progress for really does progress for

everyone eventually, that everyone eventually, that people progress, but actually people progress, but actually only some people progress. only some people progress.

The rest of the people don't. The rest of the people don't.

The gift of loneliness is The gift of loneliness is sometimes a radical vision of sometimes a radical vision of society or one's people that society or one's people that

has not previously been has not previously been taken into account. taken into account.

The most common way The most common way people give up their power is people give up their power is by thinking they don't have by thinking they don't have

any. any.

The quietly pacifist peaceful The quietly pacifist peaceful always die to make room for always die to make room for

men who shout. men who shout.

What the mind doesn't What the mind doesn't understand, it worships or understand, it worships or

fears. fears.