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
peace struggle ubuntu
It just seems clear to me that as long as we are all here, it's pretty clear that the struggle is to share the planet, rather than divide it.
self twins natural
Always with me was the inner twin: my true nature, my true self. It is timeless, free, compassionate and in love with whatever is natural to me
men self abortion
Abortion, for many women, is more than an experience of suffering beyond anything most men will ever know, it is an act of mercy, and an act of self-defense.
hatred way
There is no graceful way to carry hatred.
impact time-on-earth world
How we come into this world, how we are ushered in, met, and hopefully embraced upon arrival, impacts the whole of our time on earth.
peace children passion
The most important question in the world is, 'Why is the child crying?'
realizing values
As I get older, I realize that the thing I value the most is good-heartednes s.
writing violence sin
Writing saved me from the sin and inconvenience of violence.
thank-you thanksgiving thankful
'Thank you' is the best prayer that anyone could say.
mean selling-things buying
Well, capitalism is a big problem, because with capitalism you're just going to keep buying and selling things until there's nothing else to buy and sell, which means gobbling up the planet.
want fiction world
Fiction is such a world of freedom, it's wonderful. If you want someone to fly, they can fly.
beautiful horse inspiration
Horses make a landscape look beautiful.
purple feminist lavender
Womanist is to feminist as purple is to lavender.
dream fighting feelings
If you want to have a life that is worth living, a life that expresses your deepest feelings and emotions, and cares and dreams, you have to fight for it.