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01c. 1944 AD

Part of our tradition as black women is that we are universalists. Black children, yellow children, red children, brown children, that is the black woman's normal, day-to-day relationship. In my family alone, we are about four different colors.

Alice Walker / quote

02c. 1944 AD

Poetry is the lifeblood of rebellion, revolution, and the raising of consciousness.

Alice Walker / quote

03c. 1944 AD

For me, I used to be shy towards journalism because it wasn't poetry. And then I realized that the events that I covered in essays that became journalism were actually great because they inspired me, and they became my muse.

Alice Walker / quote

04c. 1944 AD

You know how big love is? Love is big. love can hold anger love can even hold hatred.

Alice Walker / quote

05c. 1944 AD

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 / quote

06c. 1944 AD

For in the end, freedom is a personal and lonely battle; and one faces down fears of today so that those of tomorrow might be engaged.

Alice Walker / quote