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
children believe dust
It is justice and respect that I want the world to dust off and put - without delay, and with tenderness - back on the head of the Palestinian child. It will be imperfect justice and respect because the injustice and disrespect have been so severe. But I believe we are right to try.
church found
Any God I ever found in church, I brought in myself.
self way enlightened
Sexuality is one of the ways that we become enlightened, actually, because it leads us to self-knowledge.
believe years people
During my years of being close to people engaged in changing the world I have seen fear turn into courage. Sorrow into joy. Funerals into celebration. Because whatever the consequences, people, standing side by side, have expressed who they really are, and that ultimately they believe in the love of the world and each other enough to be that...
long people mind
If you're silent for a long time, people just arrive in your mind.
inspiring sister sibling
Is solace anywhere more comforting than that in the arms of a sister.
people wish literature
People do not wish to appear foolish; to avoid the appearance of foolishness, they are willing to remain actually fools.
country war iraq
War is a dead end, literally. And, what is more, we simply can't afford it. Not morally, and not financially. How long will it take the citizens of the United States, one wonders, to recognize that the house their country bombed in Iraq is the same one they were living in until it was foreclosed?
revolution brilliant consciousness
Poetry is the lifeblood of rebellion, revolution, and the raising of consciousness.
wise teacher witty
Howard Zinn was magical as a teacher. Witty, irreverent, and wise, he loved what he was teaching and clearly wanted his students to love it, also.
country war thinking
I think the War on Terror is really absurd, especially coming from a country that is founded on terrorism.
believe fall hero
It has become a common feeling, I believe, as we have watched our heroes falling over the years, that our own small stone of activism, which might not seem to measure up to the rugged boulders of heroism we have so admired, is a paltry offering toward the building of an edifice of hope. Many who believe this choose to withhold their offerings out of shame. This is the tragedy of the world. For we can do nothing substantial toward changing our course on the planet, a destructive one, without rousing ourselves, individual by individual, and bringing our small, imperfect stones to the pile.
death inspirational-life believe
Life is better than death, I believe, if only because it is less boring, and because it has fresh peaches in it.
grief thinking voice
In each of us, there is a little voice that knows exactly which way to go. And I learned very early to listen to it, even though it has caused so much grief and havoc, and I think that is the only answer.