Deliver me from writers who say the way they live doesn't matter. I'm not sure a bad person can write a good book, If art doesn't make us better, then what on earth is it for.

Quote by Alice Walker

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Horses make a landscape look beautiful

Horses make a landscape look beautiful

Helped are those who create anything at all, for they shall relive the thrill of...

Helped are those who create anything at all, for they shall relive the thrill of...

Horses make a landscape look beautiful.

Horses make a landscape look beautiful.

I think it pisses God off if you walk by the color purple in a...

I think it pisses God off if you walk by the color purple in a...

We sing and dance, make faces and give flower bouquets, trying to be loved. You...

We sing and dance, make faces and give flower bouquets, trying to be loved. You...

Never be the only one, except, possibly, in your own home.

Never be the only one, except, possibly, in your own home.

Deliver me from writers who say the way they live doesn't matter. I'm not sure...

Deliver me from writers who say the way they live doesn't matter. I'm not sure...

Yes, Mother. I can see you are flawed. You have not hidden it. That is...

Yes, Mother. I can see you are flawed. You have not hidden it. That is...

I have learned not to worry about love; but to honor its coming with all...

I have learned not to worry about love; but to honor its coming with all...

Nature has a funny way of breaking what does not bend

Nature has a funny way of breaking what does not bend

How simple a thing it seems to me that to know ourselves as we are,...

How simple a thing it seems to me that to know ourselves as we are,...

People do not wish to appear foolish; to avoid the appearance of foolishness, they are...

People do not wish to appear foolish; to avoid the appearance of foolishness, they are...

All History is current; all injustice continues on some level, somewhere in the world

All History is current; all injustice continues on some level, somewhere in the world

It's so clear that you have to cherish everyone. I think that's what I get...

It's so clear that you have to cherish everyone. I think that's what I get...

Deliver me from writers who say the way they live doesn't matter. I'm not sure...

Deliver me from writers who say the way they live doesn't matter. I'm not sure...

It no longer bothers me that I may be constantly searching for father figures; by...

It no longer bothers me that I may be constantly searching for father figures; by...

All History is current; all injustice continues on some level, somewhere in the world.

All History is current; all injustice continues on some level, somewhere in the world.

For in the end, freedom is a personal and lonely battle; and one faces down...

For in the end, freedom is a personal and lonely battle; and one faces down...

The day which we fear as our last is but the birthday of eternity.

The day which we fear as our last is but the birthday of eternity.

There is no beauty in sadness. No honor in suffering. No growth in fear. No...

There is no beauty in sadness. No honor in suffering. No growth in fear. No...