Alice Walker
Alice Walker
Alice Malsenior Walkeris an American novelist, short story writer, poet, and activist. She wrote the critically acclaimed novel The Color Purplefor which she won the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. She also wrote Meridian and The Third Life of Grange Copeland, among other works...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth9 February 1944
CityEatonton, GA
CountryUnited States of America
flower men thinking
Man corrupt everything, say Shug. He on your box of grits, in your head, and all over the radio. He try to make you think he everywhere. Soon as you think he everywhere, you think he God. But he ain't. Whenever you trying to pray, and man plop himself on the other end of it, tell him to git lost, say Shug. Conjure up the flowers, wind, water, a big rock.
buddhist believe free-spirit
I don't call myself a Buddhist. I'm a free spirit. I believe I'm here on earth to admire and enjoy it; that's my religion.
evil forgiving done
Helped are those who forgive; their reward shall be forgetfulness of every evil done to them. It will be in their power, therefore, to envision the new Earth. -----“The Gospel According to Shug
adventure broken joy
it is this broken road with pitfalls and sharp turns and unexpected traverses that has brought me joy and adventure.
confused party government
Politically, the world is so confused right now - there's so much suffering caused by various movements by various parties and people in power in government.
stubborn persons knows
I'm the most stubborn person I know.
stars disappointment heart
Expect nothing. Live frugally On surprise. become a stranger To need of pity Or, if compassion be freely Given out Take only enough Stop short of urge to plead Then purge away the need. Wish for nothing larger Than your own small heart Or greater than a star; Tame wild disappointment With caress unmoved and cold Make of it a parka For your soul. Discover the reason why So tiny human midget Exists at all So scared unwise But expect nothing. Live frugally On surprise.
eye emotional thinking
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?
laughing
Those in power must spend a lot of their time laughing at us.
mad people waste
I'm mad about the waste that happens when people who love each other can't even bring themselves to talk.
rocks
Every time I conjure up a rock, I throw it.
purple trying want
Everything want to be loved. Us sing and dance and holler, just trying to be loved.
teacher cooks
Not only will your teachers appear, but they will cook new foods for you.
spiritual believe people
There are those who believe Black people possess the secret of joy and that it is this that will sustain them through any spiritual or moral or physical devastation.