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I have learned not to worry about love; but to honor its coming with all my heart.

~Alice Walker

Topics: About All My Heart Coming Heart Honor Learned Love Worry I Have Learned

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What the mind doesn't understand, it worships or fears.

~Alice Walker

Topics: Fears Mind Understand Worships

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

~Alice Walker

Topics: Believe Children Earlier Much Must Nonviolence Our Sanity Start Teaching I Believe

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I just like to have words that describe things correctly. Now to me, 'black feminist' does not do that. I need a word that is organic, that really comes out of the culture, that really expresses the spirit that we see in black women. And it's just... womanish.

~Alice Walker

Topics: Black Correctly Culture Describe Does Expresses Feminist Just Like Me Need Now Organic Out Really See Spirit Things Women Word Words

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It is important to remember yourself.

~Alice Walker

Topics: Important Remember Yourself

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For me, I used to be shy towards journalism because it wasn't poetry. And then I realized that the events that I covered in essays that became journalism were actually great because they inspired me, and they became my muse.

~Alice Walker

Topics: Actually Became Because Covered Essays Events Great Inspired Journalism Me Muse Poetry Realized Shy Then Towards Used Were

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Deliver me from writers who say the way they live doesn't matter. I'm not sure a bad person can write a good book, If art doesn't make us better, then what on earth is it for.

~Alice Walker

Topics: Art Bad Better Book Deliver Earth Good Good Book Live Make Matter Me Person Say Sure Then Us Way Who Write Writers

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Yes, Mother. I can see you are flawed. You have not hidden it. That is your greatest gift to me.

~Alice Walker

Topics: Flawed Gift Greatest Greatest Gift Hidden Me Mother See Yes You Your I Can

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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.

~Alice Walker

Topics: Animals Any Black Created Exist Humans Made Men More Own People Reasons Than Were White Women World

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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.

~Alice Walker

Topics: About Against Coconut Collapsing Defending Father Head Heap Me Mother Once Picked She Smashed Strong Taught Themselves Up Very Women

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Author

Born: February 9th, 1944

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