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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The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have...

The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have...

In search of my mother's garden, I found my own.

In search of my mother's garden, I found my own.

Horses make a landscape look beautiful.

Horses make a landscape look beautiful.

My mother had handed down respect for the possibilities...and the will to grasp them.

My mother had handed down respect for the possibilities...and the will to grasp them.

There are those who believe Black people possess the secret of joy and that it...

There are those who believe Black people possess the secret of joy and that it...

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.

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.

The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have...

The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have...

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,...

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

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

In search of my mother's garden, I found my own.

In search of my mother's garden, I found my own.

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...

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...

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...

The trouble with our people is as soon as they got out of slavery they...

The trouble with our people is as soon as they got out of slavery they...

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.

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...

Life is better than death, I believe, if only because it is less boring, and...

Life is better than death, I believe, if only because it is less boring, and...

Expect nothing. Live frugally on surprise.

Expect nothing. Live frugally on surprise.