Alice Walker Quotes, Men Quotes, Delight Quotes

I'm not convinced that women have the education or the sense of their own history enough or that they understand the cruelty of which men are capable and the delight that many men will take in seeing you choose to chain yourself - then they get to say 'See, you did it yourself.'

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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My heart hurt so much I can't believe it. How can it keep beating, feeling like this?

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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?

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Some colored people so scared of whitefolks they claim to love the cotton gin.

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

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The Animals of the planet are in desperate peril and they are fully aware of this. No less than human beings are doing in all parts of the world, they are seeking sanctuary.

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

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One white man on the platform in South Carolina asked us where we were going--we had got off the train to get some fresh air and to dust the grit and dust out of our clothes. When we said Africa he looked offended and tickled too. Niggers going to Africa, he said to his wife. Now I have seen everything.

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

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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.

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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?

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Be nobody's darling; Be an outcast. Take the contradictions Of your life And wrap around You like a shawl, To parry stones To keep you warm.

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In my work and in myself I reflect black people, women and men, as I reflect others. One day even the most self-protective ones will look into the mirror I provide and not be afraid.

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You a low down dog is what’s wrong. It’s time to leave you and enter into the creation. And your dead body just the welcome mat I need.

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It's almost unbelievable where we are as a planet because people have been so afraid of rocking the boat, of putting forth what they really believe, and standing with people who need to be stood with.

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The Congo is really beautiful. People correct me and say, "Oh, you mean the Democratic Republic of the Congo." Well, fine. But, the land there, the landscape is extraordinary. It's big lakes and beautiful hills and trees.

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