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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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...

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...

I'm always amazed that people will actually choose to sit in front of the television...

I'm always amazed that people will actually choose to sit in front of the television...

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...

Tea to the English is really a picnic indoors.

Tea to the English is really a picnic indoors.

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

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

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...

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.

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.

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,...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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

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