Alice Walker: Trending quotes (page 2)

“Men make war to get attention. All killing is an expression of self-hate.”

“In nature, nothing is perfect. Trees can be contorted, bent in weird ways and they're still beautiful.”

“Look closely at the present you are constructing:
it should look like the future you are dreaming.”

“In search of my mother's garden, I found my own.”

“The nature of this flower is to bloom.”

“A grown child is a dangerous thing.”

“Everything want to be loved.”

“we are the ones we have been waiting for”

“Oh, Celie, unbelief is a terrible thing. And so is the hurt we cause others unknowingly.”

“Helped are those who are content to be themselves; they will never lack mystery in their lives and the joys of self-discovery will be constant.”

“When life descends into the pit
I must become my own candle
Willingly burning my self
To light up the darkness around me.”

“Nobody is as powerful as we make them out to be.”

“Never offer your heart
to someone who eats hearts
who finds heartmeat
delicious
but not rare
who sucks the juices
drop by drop
and bloody-chinned
grins
like a God.”

“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.”

“The more I wonder, the more I love.”

“When the ax came into the forest the trees said the handle is one of us.”

“Life is better than death, I believe, if only because it is less boring, and because it has fresh peaches in it.”

“I'm pore, I'm black, I may be ugly and can't cook, a voice say to everything listening. But I'm here.”

“Surely the earth can be saved
by all the people
who insist
on love.”