Top 219 Quotes by Alice Walker

About Alice Walker

These are some quotes by American author Alice Walker Author, who was born on February 9, 1944.

Womanist is to feminist as purple is to lavender.

Womanist is to feminist as purple is to lavender.

Alice Walker

There are those who believe Black people possess the secret of joy and that it is this that will sustain them through any spiritual or moral or physical devastation.

There are those who believe Black people possess the secret of joy and that it is this that will sustain them through any spiritual or moral or physical devastation.

Alice Walker

As you know from school, it's when you have not prepared for the test that you have the fear of failing. And if you have prepared, even if you fail, you've done your best.

As you know from school, it's when you have not prepared for the test that you have the fear of failing. And if you have prepared, even if you fail, you've done your best.

Alice Walker

Fiction is such a world of freedom, it's wonderful. If you want someone to fly, they can fly.

Fiction is such a world of freedom, it's wonderful. If you want someone to fly, they can fly.

Alice Walker

Writing saved me from the sin and inconvenience of violence.

Writing saved me from the sin and inconvenience of violence.

Alice Walker

It is important to remember yourself.

It is important to remember yourself.

Alice Walker

Expect nothing. Live frugally on surprise.

Expect nothing. Live frugally on surprise.

Alice Walker

David Icke reminded me of Malcolm X.

David Icke reminded me of Malcolm X.

Alice Walker

No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow.

No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow.

Alice Walker

I grew up in the South under segregation. So, I know what terrorism feels like - when your father could be taken out in the middle of the night and lynched just because he didn't look like he was in an obeying frame of mind when a white person said something he must do. I mean, that's terrorism, too.

Alice Walker

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