People tend to think that life really does progress for everyone eventually, that people progress, but actually only some people progress. The rest of the people don't.

Quote by Alice Walker

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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...

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...

I have learned not to worry about love; but to honor its coming with all...

I have learned not to worry about love; but to honor its coming with all...

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

I have learned not to worry about love; but to honor its coming with all...

I have learned not to worry about love; but to honor its coming with all...

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

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

The animals of the world exist for their own reasons. They were not made for...

The animals of the world exist for their own reasons. They were not made for...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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

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

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...

Horses make a landscape look beautiful

Horses make a landscape look beautiful

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

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

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

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

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?'

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.

For there is no friend like a sister, in calm or stormy weather, to cheer...

For there is no friend like a sister, in calm or stormy weather, to cheer...

A sister is a little bit of childhood that can never be lost.

A sister is a little bit of childhood that can never be lost.