Tea to the English is really a picnic indoors. 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. Alice Walker
The gift of loneliness is sometimes a radical vision of society or one’s people that has not previously been taken into account. Alice Walker
Writing saved me from the sin and inconvenience of violence. Alice Walker
The good news may be that Nature is phasing out the white man, but the bad news is that’s who She thinks we all are. Alice Walker
Womanist is to feminist as purple is to lavender. Alice Walker
As for those who think the Arab world promises freedom, the briefest study of its routine traditional treatment of blacks (slavery) and women (purdah) will provide relief from all illusion. Alice Walker
It no longer bothers me that I may be constantly searching for father figures; by this time, I have found several and dearly enjoyed knowing them all. Alice Walker
Writing permits me to experience life as any number of strange creations. Alice Walker
Anybody can observe the Sabbath, but making it holy surely takes the rest of the week. Alice Walker
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
It is healthier, in any case, to write for the adults one’s children will become than for the children one’s ‘mature’ critics often are. Alice Walker
Deliver me from writers who say the way they live doesn’t matter. I’m not sure a bad person can write a good book, If art doesn’t make us better, then what on earth is it for. Alice Walker
Life is better than death, I believe, if only because it is less boring, and because it has fresh peaches in it. Alice Walker
The quietly pacifist peaceful always die to make room for men who shout. Alice Walker
Activism is my rent for living on this planet. Alice Walker