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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Activism is my rent for living on this planet.

Activism is my rent for living on this planet.

Don't wait around for other people to be happy for you. Any happiness you get...

Don't wait around for other people to be happy for you. Any happiness you get...

I think we have to own the fears that we have of each other, and...

I think we have to own the fears that we have of each other, and...

Tea to the English is really a picnic indoors.

Tea to the English is really a picnic indoors.

I try to teach my heart not to want things it can't have.

I try to teach my heart not to want things it can't have.

In nature, nothing is perfect and everything is perfect. Trees can be contorted, bent in...

In nature, nothing is perfect and everything is perfect. Trees can be contorted, bent in...

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...

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...

Nature has a funny way of breaking what does not bend

Nature has a funny way of breaking what does not bend

Any God I ever felt in church I brought in with me.

Any God I ever felt in church I brought in with me.

Writing saved me from the sin and inconvenience of violence.

Writing saved me from the sin and inconvenience of violence.

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 quietly pacifist peaceful always die to make room for men who shout.

The quietly pacifist peaceful always die to make room for men who shout.

What the mind doesn't understand, it worships or fears.

What the mind doesn't understand, it worships or fears.

I'm always amazed that people will actually choose to sit in front of the television...

I'm always amazed that people will actually choose to sit in front of the television...

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,...

No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow.

No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow.

Horses make a landscape look beautiful.

Horses make a landscape look beautiful.

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

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

Is solace anywhere more comforting than that in the arms of a sister.

Is solace anywhere more comforting than that in the arms of a sister.