The most important question in the world is, 'Why is the child crying?'

Quote by Alice Walker

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Writing saved me from the sin and inconvenience of violence.

Writing saved me from the sin and inconvenience of violence.

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

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

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...

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...

Deliver me from writers who say the way they live doesn't matter. I'm not sure...

Deliver me from writers who say the way they live doesn't matter. I'm not sure...

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...

Horses make a landscape look beautiful.

Horses make a landscape look beautiful.

Activism is my rent for living on this planet.

Activism is my rent for living on this planet.

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...

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...

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

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

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.

Deliver me from writers who say the way they live doesn't matter. I'm not sure...

Deliver me from writers who say the way they live doesn't matter. I'm not sure...

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

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

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.

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 world has become uglier since it began to look into a mirror every day;...

The world has become uglier since it began to look into a mirror every day;...

I never go out unless I look like

I never go out unless I look like

I have yet to meet a man as fond of high moral conduct as he...

I have yet to meet a man as fond of high moral conduct as he...