Alice Walker Quotes, Suicide Quotes, Writing Quotes

Writing poems is my way of celebrating with the world that I have not committed suicide the evening before.

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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.

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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.

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Look closely at the present you are constructing: it should look like the future you are dreaming.

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As long as the Earth can make a spring every year, I can. As long as the Earth can flower and produce nurturing fruit, I can, because I'm the Earth. I won't give up until the Earth gives up.

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

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... my mother adorned with flowers whatever shabby house we were forced to live in.

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Oh, Celie, unbelief is a terrible thing. And so is the hurt we cause others unknowingly.

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Us sing and dance, make faces and give flower bouquets, trying to be loved. You ever notice that trees do everything to git attention we do, except walk?

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What gardening teaches us is that if you plant things, they'll come up. But you have to be willing to wait for them to bear fruit because things are seasonal.

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

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It's essential that we understand that taking care of the planet will be done as we take care of ourselves. You know that you can't really make much of a difference in things until you change yourself.

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Wish for nothing larger Than your own small heart.

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

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Decide that you know what you think is good for you and go ahead and do it.

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I find it difficult to feel responsible for the suffering of others. That's why I find war so hard to bear. It's the same with animals: I feel the less harm I do, the lighter my heart. I love a light heart. And when I know I'm causing suffering, I feel the heaviness of it. It's a physical pain. So it's self-interest that I don't want to cause harm.

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Guided by my heritage of a love of beauty and a respect for strength - in search of my mother's garden, I found my own.

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

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There is always a moment in any kind of struggle when one feels in full bloom. Vivid. Alive. One might be blown to bits in such a moment and still be at peace.

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You really can't be a good artist if you can't say what you really feel. And people may be offended, but, you know, that's how you feel, and that is your right, and that is your gift as well.

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