858 Quotes by Alice Walker

He say to tell the truth, Shug act more manly than most men. I mean she upright, honest. Speak her mind and the devil take the hindmost, he say. You know Shug will fight, he say. Just like Sofia. She bound to live her life and be herself no matter what.

We do it because we care. We care that Vincent Van Gogh mutilated his ear. We care that behind a pile of manure in the yard he destroyed his life. We care that Scott Joplin's music lives! We care because we know this: the life we save is our own.

It has been proved that the land can exist without the country - and be better for it; it has not been proved that the country can live without the land.

The world was almost at the point of forgetting what a fine time people can have helping one another. That people like to work together and to kick back after work and share their experiences. What would happen if our foreign policy centered on the cultivation of joy rather than pain? she thought.

Even as I hold youI think of you as someone gonefar, far away. Your eyes the colorof pennies in a bowl of dark honeybringing sweet light to someone elseyour black hair slipping through my fingersis the flash of your head goingaround a corneryour smile, breaking before me,the flippant last turnof a revolving door,emptying you out, changed,away from me.Even as I hold youI am letting go.

There is so much we don't understand. And so much unhappiness comes because of that.

Animals can communicate quite well. And they do. And generally speaking, they are ignored

A mí me parece que Dios se mosquearía si al pasar por un campo no vieras el color púrpura.¿Y qué hace Dios cuando se mosquea?Oh, seguramente busca otra forma de agradarte.

A mí me parece que Dios se mosquearía si al pasar por un campo no vieras el color púrpura.