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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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.

Womanist is to feminist as purple is to lavender.

Womanist is to feminist as purple is to lavender.

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

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...

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...

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.

To me, the black black woman is our essential mother, the blacker she is the...

To me, the black black woman is our essential mother, the blacker she is the...

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.

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 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...

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

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

Horses make a landscape look beautiful

Horses make a landscape look beautiful

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

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

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.

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...

The gift of loneliness is sometimes a radical vision of society or one's people that...

The gift of loneliness is sometimes a radical vision of society or one's people that...

Nature has a funny way of breaking what does not bend

Nature has a funny way of breaking what does not bend

Nature is better than a middling doctor.

Nature is better than a middling doctor.

Europe is merely powerful; India is beautiful.

Europe is merely powerful; India is beautiful.