Alice Walker Quotes

Time moves slowly, but passes quickly.

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Anything that forces you to act at the possible harm of your own existence is going to exact a cost. You have to then think about, "Can I pay this? What will this mean to me - to my relationships, to my family, to everybody? What is this going to take? How much of me is this going to take?"

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My big complaint with myself is that I get tired. But, I forgive myself because it's human to get tired. But, I didn't always feel like I could forgive myself. There's a certain [drive], I think. But, now I feel like, "OK, you can be tired. People should let you be tired. Then you should go and take a nap, and you should sleep." That's about it.

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This could be our revolution: to love what is plentiful as much as what's scarce.

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Human compassion is equal to human cruelty, and it is up to each of us to tip the balance.

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HELPED are those who love the entire cosmos rather than their own tiny country, city, or farm, for to them will be shown the unbroken web of life and the meaning of infinity.

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

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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'm one in what I do and what I say and what I believe.

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It's better to have your blackness taken away than to stand and lie about who you actually are.

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I feel I am a child that's lost its mother. I feel like a calf whose mother has gone off to slaughter.

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The animals of the world exist for their own reasons. They were not made for humans any more than black people were made for white, or women created for men.

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Animals can communicate quite well. And they do. And generally speaking, they are ignored

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Humans - whatever billions we are - we don't have the control. We are considered expendable, basically.

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Is solace anywhere more comforting than that in the arms of a sister.

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I feel very happy to be living in Berkeley because there are a lot of people who are politically active here.

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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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If I'm killed - if I'm removed - there is nowhere else for me to go but to my ancestors.

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I'm entirely interested in people, and also other creatures and beings, but especially in people, and I tend to read them by emotional field more than anything. So I have a special interest in what they're thinking and who they are and who's hiding behind those eyes and how did he get there, and what's the story, really?

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