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

Quote by Alice Walker

Topics: Friendship Quotes

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?'

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...

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.

Activism is my rent for living on this planet.

Activism is my rent for living on this planet.

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...

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...

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 experience of God, or in any case the possibility of experiencing God, is innate.

The experience of God, or in any case the possibility of experiencing God, is innate.

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.

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

Womanist is to feminist as purple is to lavender.

Womanist is to feminist as purple is to lavender.

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...

Writing saved me from the sin and inconvenience of violence.

Writing saved me from the sin and inconvenience of violence.

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...