“Life is better than death, I believe, if only because it is less boring, and because it has fresh peaches in it.”
— Alice Walker
Author: Alice Walker
Category: death
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The experience of God, or in any
“The experience of God, or in any case the possibility of experiencing God, is innate.”
— Alice Walker
Author: Alice Walker
Category: experience
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Clearly older women and especially older women
“Clearly older women and especially older women who have led an active life or elder women who successfully maneuver through their own family life have so much to teach us about sharing, patience, and wisdom.”
— Alice Walker
Author: Alice Walker
Category: family
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Clearly older women and especially older women
“Clearly older women and especially older women who have led an active life or elder women who successfully maneuver through their own family life have so much to teach us about sharing, patience, and wisdom.”
— Alice Walker
Author: Alice Walker
Category: patience
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Nobody is as powerful as we make
“Nobody is as powerful as we make them out to be.”
— Alice Walker
Author: Alice Walker
Category: power
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As an elder of the Americas and
“As an elder of the Americas and of the rest of the planet, it is my responsibility to care for and protect, to the best of my ability, the young.”
— Alice Walker
Author: Alice Walker
Category: best
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Yes, Mother. I can see you are
“Yes, Mother. I can see you are flawed. You have not hidden it. That is your greatest gift to me.”
— Alice Walker
Author: Alice Walker
Category: mom
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How simple a thing it seems to
“How simple a thing it seems to me that to know ourselves as we are, we must know our mothers names.”
— Alice Walker
Author: Alice Walker
Category: mom
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All partisan movements add to the fullness
“All partisan movements add to the fullness of our understanding of society as a whole. They never detract; or, in any case, one must not allow them to do so. Experience adds to experience.”
— Alice Walker
Author: Alice Walker
Category: experience
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In my work and in myself I
“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
Author: Alice Walker
Category: women
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