Alice Walker Quotes, Writing Quotes, Thinking Quotes

I think writing really helps you heal yourself. I think if you write long enough, you will be a healthy person. That is, if you write what you need to write, as opposed to what will make money, or what will make fame.

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We must, I believe, start teaching our children the sanity of nonviolence much earlier.

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A burnt finger remember the fire.

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Helped are those who create anything at all, for they shall relive the thrill of their own conception and realize a partnership in the creation of the Universe that keeps them responsible and cheerful.

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People are called 'stars' not only because they shine... because the qualities they exemplify are... eternal. We are attracted to their sparkle, their warmth, their light, but they will be forever distant from us. So distant we can never quite believe our inseparability. Never quite believe that we are also composed of the light they have.

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Be compassionate to everyone. Don't just search for whatever it is that annoys and frightens you-see beyond those things to the basic human being. Especially see the child in the man or woman. Even if they are destroying you, allow a moment to see how lost in their own delusion and suffering they are.

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I personally have never trusted museums. ... It is because museums, broadly speaking, live off of the art and artifacts of others, often art and artifacts that have been obtained by dubious means. But they also manipulate whatever it is they present to the public; hence, until Judy Chicago, in the 1970s ... few women artists were hung in any major museum. Indian artists? Artifacts only, please. Black artists? Something musical, maybe? And so forth.

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It has been proved that the land can exist without the country - and be better for it; it has not been proved ... that the country can exist without the land.

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She say, Celie, tell the truth, have you ever found God in church? I never did. I just found a bunch of folks hoping for him to show.

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before I embark on any new venture, I ask myself: will the joy of doing this make me lose track of any concern for time? If the answer is yes, I proceed!

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Animals were not made for us, or our use. They have their own use, which is just being who they are.

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It is natural to want to have a future.

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The most important question in the world is, 'Why is the child crying?'

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The gift of loneliness is sometimes a radical vision of society or one's people that has not previously been taken into account.

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

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My mother was very strong. Once, she picked up a coconut and smashed it against my father's head. It taught me about women defending themselves and not collapsing in a heap.

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But it ain't easy, trying to do without God even if you know he ain't there, trying to do without him is a strain

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

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I don't focus on criticism. I prefer to praise people and the world, rather than criticize them and it.

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Artists are messengers whose responsibility is to unite the world -- a faith that will lead not to destruction but to transformation.

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