Helped are those who create anything at all, for they shall relive the thrill of their own conception and realize a partnership in the creation of the Universe that keeps them responsible and cheerful. Alice Walker cheerfulconceptioncreate 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 love the women's movement, and I never thought of it as belonging to any particular segment of the population. Alice Walker belonglovemovement Change image and share on social
Nobody is as powerful as we make them out to be. Alice Walker makepowerful Change image and share on social
We must, I believe, start teaching our children the sanity of nonviolence much earlier. Alice Walker childearlynonviolence Change image and share on social
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. Alice Walker howardirreverentlove Change image and share on social
I see children, all children, as humanity's most precious resource, because it will be to them that the care of the planet will always be left. Alice Walker carechildhumanity Change image and share on social
No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow. Alice Walker demanddenyfriend Change image and share on social
I met Howard Zinn in 1961, my first year at Spelman College in Atlanta. He was the tall, rangy, good-looking professor that many of the girls at Spelman swooned over. Alice Walker atlantacollegegirl Change image and share on social
Creation is a sustained period of bliss, even though the subject can still be very sad. Because there's the triumph of coming through and understanding that you have, and that you did it the way only you could do it. You didn't do it the way somebody told you to do it. Alice Walker blisscomecreation share on social
