I've found, in my own writing, that a little hatred, keenly directed, is a useful thing. Alice Walker More Quotes by Alice Walker More Quotes From Alice Walker If a person is hit hard enough, even if she stands, she falls. Alice Walker trouble enough fall You know, one race will not be a survivor if the other one dies, and that's something that we should think about. Alice Walker survivor race thinking Creation is a sustained period of bliss. Alice Walker bliss creation periods Be nobody's darling; Be an outcast. Take the contradictions Of your life And wrap around You like a shawl, To parry stones To keep you warm. Alice Walker outcast contradiction stones For a long time, I thought I was ugly and disfigured. This made me shy and timid, and I often reacted to insults that were not intended. Alice Walker ugly shy long I know what I'm thinking bout, I think. Nothing. And as much of it as I can. Alice Walker i-can knows thinking I almost never do anything for Black History Month, because I feel it's just another way to separate us. Alice Walker black-history black She was so quiet. So reflective. And she could erase herself, her spirit, with a swiftness that truly startled, when she knew the people around her could not respect it. Alice Walker swiftness spirit people HELPED are those who laugh with a pure heart; theirs will be the company of the jolly righteous. Alice Walker humour heart laughing Revolt is the mirror in which greed is forced to see itself. Alice Walker revolt greed mirrors Everything is already perfect. And if you can accept that everything is already perfect, the imperfection is a part of the perfection. What's to worry about? Alice Walker acceptance perfect worry We are a people. A people do not throw their geniuses away. If they do, it is our duty as witnesses for the future to collect them again for the sake of our children. If necessary, bone by bone. Alice Walker genius children people 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 planets care responsibility My ancestors make up the skin of the world. That's who that is. That's what that is. That's us. Alice Walker ancestor skins world Peace will come wherever it is sincerely invited. Alice Walker invited sincerely It must become a right of every person to die of old age. And if we secure this right for ourselves, we can, coincidentally, assure it for the planet. Alice Walker planets persons age What did it mean for a black woman to be an artist in our grandmothers' time? In our great-grandmothers' day? It is an answer cruel enough to stop the blood. Alice Walker grandmother artist mean Storytelling, you know, has a real function. The process of the storytelling is itself a healing process, partly because you have someone there who is taking the time to tell you a story that has great meaning to them. They're taking the time to do this because your life could use some help, but they don't want to come over and just give advice. They want to give it to you in a form that becomes inseparable from your whole self. That's what stories do. Stories differ from advice in that, once you get them, they become a fabric of your whole soul. That is why they heal you. Alice Walker real self healing This life soon be over, I say. Heaven last all ways. Alice Walker lasts heaven way That is scary, when you consider what we're doing to children all over the planet. They're the ones who are truly being terrorized by all the madness adults are perpetrating. Alice Walker madness scary children
