Sucking up to the biggies won't get us anywhere. Alice Walker biggysuck Change image and share on social
I think many people in my community had very different kinds of mothers: they had mothers who acquiesced in the system of male and white-supremacist domination, and my mother never did. She just could not do it. It just wasn't in her. Alice Walker acquiescecommunitydomination share on social
I start each book when it's ready and never before. Alice Walker bookreadystart Change image and share on social
If you deny people their own voice, you'll have no idea of who they were. Alice Walker denyideapeople Change image and share on social
I know black people love the idea that we finally have a beautiful, good-looking black president. But if he is doing awful things to us, we should wake up. Alice Walker awfulbeautifulblack Change image and share on social
A people do not throw their geniuses away. And if they are thrown away, it is our duty as artists and as witnesses for the future to collect them again for the sake of our children and, if necessary, bone by bone. Alice Walker artistbonechild share on social
Many readers fail to realize this, but 'The Color Purple' is a theological text. It is about the reclamation of one's original God: the earth and nature. Alice Walker colorearthfail Change image and share on social
My family was a poor farming family, and we lived under absolute segregation. Alice Walker absolutefamilyfarm Change image and share on social
The infinite faith I have in people's ability to understand anything that makes sense has always been justified, finally, by their behavior. Alice Walker abilitybehaviorfaith Change image and share on social
The experience of God, or in any case the possibility of experiencing God, is innate. Alice Walker caseexperiencegod Change image and share on social
