858 Quotes by Alice Walker

I have fought and kicked and fasted and prayed and cursed and cried myself to the point of existing.

Expect nothing. Live frugally On surprise. become a stranger To need of pity Or, if compassion be freely Given out Take only enough Stop short of urge to plead Then purge away the need. Wish for nothing larger Than your own small heart Or greater than a star; Tame wild disappointment With caress unmoved and cold Make of it a parka For your soul. Discover the reason why So tiny human midget Exists at all So scared unwise But expect nothing. Live frugally On surprise.

People who work hard often work too hard. ... May we learn to honor the hammock, the siesta, the nap and the pause in all its forms.

Fiction is such a world of freedom, it's wonderful. If you want someone to fly, they can fly.

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.

... my mother adorned with flowers whatever shabby house we were forced to live in.

Anybody can observe the Sabbath, but making it holy surely takes the rest of the week.

Every time I conjure up a rock, I throw it.

I know, in my soul, that to eat a creature who is raised to be eaten, and who never has a chance to be a real being, is unhealthy. It's like...you're just eating misery. You're eating a bitter life.