The animals of the world exist for their own reasons. They were not made for humans any more than black people were made for white, or women created for men.

Quote by Alice Walker

Topics: Women Quotes

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

Tea to the English is really a picnic indoors.

Tea to the English is really a picnic indoors.

Horses make a landscape look beautiful

Horses make a landscape look beautiful

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.

Nature has a funny way of breaking what does not bend

Nature has a funny way of breaking what does not bend

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...

Alcohol may be man's worst enemy, but the bible says love your enemy.

Alcohol may be man's worst enemy, but the bible says love your enemy.

A woman's appetite is twice that of a man's; her sexual desire, four times; her...

A woman's appetite is twice that of a man's; her sexual desire, four times; her...

My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a bitch.

My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a bitch.

Perfect love is rare indeed - for to be a lover will require that you...

Perfect love is rare indeed - for to be a lover will require that you...