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

~Alice Walker

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For a long time, I thought I was ugly and disfigured. This made me shy and timid, and I often reacted to insults that were not intended.

~Alice Walker

Topics: Insults Intended Long Long Time Made Me Often Shy Thought Time Timid Ugly Were

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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.

~Alice Walker

Topics: Enough Fame Heal Healthy Helps Long Make Money Need Opposed Person Really Think Will Write Writing You Yourself I Think

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Language is an intrinsic part of who we are and what has, for good or evil, happened to us.

~Alice Walker

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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.

~Alice Walker

Topics: Ability Always Anything Been Behavior Faith Finally Infinite Justified Makes People Sense Understand

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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.

~Alice Walker

Topics: Afraid Black Day Even Look Men Mirror Most Myself One Day Others People Provide Reflect Will Women Women And Men Work

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I can be almost terminally grief-stricken because things are so dire, but at the same time, there's a real lightheartedness about just the recoverability of life, of how things change, how they're not the same, ever again.

~Alice Walker

Topics: About Again Almost Because Change Dire Ever How Just Life Real Same Same Time Things Time I Can

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For me, writing has always come out of living a fairly to-the-bone kind of life, just really being present to a lot of life. The writing has been really a byproduct of that.

~Alice Walker

Topics: Always Been Being Come Fairly Just Kind Life Living Lot Me Out Present Really Writing

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It's an awful feeling to write something that you feel is really important... and to feel that you're being published by people who really don't get it and/or don't really care.

~Alice Walker

Topics: Awful Being Care Feel Feeling Get Important People Published Really Something Who Write You

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From infancy, I have relied on the fiercely sweet spirits of black men; and this is abundantly clear in my work.

~Alice Walker

Topics: Abundant Black Clear Fiercely Infancy Men Spirits Sweet Work

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Author

Born: February 9th, 1944

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