Alice Walker: Quotes about God

Alice Walker is American author and activist. Explore interesting quotes on god.

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“I think it pisses God off if you walk by the color purple in a field somewhere and don’t notice it.”

Alice Walker book The Color Purple

Source: The Color Purple (1982)

“I think it pisses God off if you walk by the color purple in a field somewhere and don't notice it. People think pleasing God is all God cares about. But any fool living in the world can see it always trying to please us back.”

Alice Walker book The Color Purple

Source: The Color Purple

“Any God I ever found in church, I brought in myself.”

“People think pleasing God is all God care about. But any fool living in the world can see it always trying to please us back.”

Alice Walker book The Color Purple

Source: The Color Purple

“We know a roofleaf is not Jesus Christ, but in its own humble way, is it not God?”

Alice Walker book The Color Purple

The Color Purple (1982)

“… have you ever found God in church? I never did. I just found a bunch of folks hoping for him to show. Any God I ever felt in church I brought in with me. And I think all the other folks did too. They come to church to share God, not find God.”

Alice Walker book The Color Purple

Source: The Color Purple

“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.”

“I believe God is everything, say Shug. Everything that is or ever was or ever will be. And when you can feel that, and be happy to feel that, you've found It.”

Alice Walker book The Color Purple

Source: The Color Purple

“And I thank God let me gain understanding enough to know love can't be halted just cause some peoples moan and groan. P.238”

Alice Walker book The Color Purple

Source: The Color Purple

“But it ain't easy, trying to do without God even if you know he ain't there, trying to do without him is a strain”

Alice Walker book The Color Purple

Source: The Color Purple