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

Quote by Alice Walker

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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...

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...

Nobody is as powerful as we make them out to be.

Nobody is as powerful as we make them out to be.

This could be our revolution to love what is...plentiful as much as whats scarce.

This could be our revolution to love what is...plentiful as much as whats scarce.

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

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

It is healthier, in any case, to write for the adults one's children will become...

It is healthier, in any case, to write for the adults one's children will become...

Horses make a landscape look beautiful

Horses make a landscape look beautiful

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

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.

Writing saved me from the sin and inconvenience of violence.

Writing saved me from the sin and inconvenience of violence.

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

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

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

And so our mothers and grandmothers have, more often than not anonymously, handed on the...

And so our mothers and grandmothers have, more often than not anonymously, handed on the...

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.

The most important question in the world is, 'Why is the child crying?'

The most important question in the world is, 'Why is the child crying?'

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...

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...

I'm 65 and I guess that puts me in with the geriatrics. But if there...

I'm 65 and I guess that puts me in with the geriatrics. But if there...

They're right to think that about me, because I'm the person most likely to sleep...

They're right to think that about me, because I'm the person most likely to sleep...