“'Thank you' is the best prayer that anyone could say. I say that one a lot. Thank you expresses extreme gratitude, humility, understanding.”
Best
“In search of my mother's garden, I found my own.”
GardeningAll Quotes by Alice Walker
“Yes, Mother. I can see you are flawed. You have not hidden it. That is your greatest gift to me.”
Mom“My mother was very strong. Once, she picked up a coconut and smashed it against my father's head. It taught me about women defending themselves and not collapsing in a heap.”
Women“It is justice and respect that I want the world to dust off and put - without delay, and with tenderness - back on the head of the Palestinian child. It will be imperfect justice and respect because the injustice and disrespect have been so severe. But I believe we are right to try.”
Respect“It's so clear that you have to cherish everyone. I think that's what I get from these older black women, that every soul is to be cherished, that every flower Is to bloom.”
Women“In my work and in myself I reflect black people, women and men, as I reflect others. One day even the most self-protective ones will look into the mirror I provide and not be afraid.”
Women“Fiction is such a world of freedom, it's wonderful. If you want someone to fly, they can fly.”
Freedom“We should learn to accept that change is truly the only thing that's going on always, and learn to ride with it and enjoy it.”
Change“I just like to have words that describe things correctly. Now to me, 'black feminist' does not do that. I need a word that is organic, that really comes out of the culture, that really expresses the spirit that we see in black women. And it's just... womanish.”
Women“Politically, the world is so confused right now - there's so much suffering caused by various movements by various parties and people in power in government.”
Government“The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any.”
Power“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.”
Men“In nature, nothing is perfect and everything is perfect. Trees can be contorted, bent in weird ways, and they're still beautiful.”
Nature“Well, I think indigenous peoples have ways of living on the Earth that they've had forever. And they've been overrun by organized religion, which has had a lot of money and power.”
Money“As you know from school, it's when you have not prepared for the test that you have the fear of failing. And if you have prepared, even if you fail, you've done your best.”
Best“The gift of loneliness is sometimes a radical vision of society or one's people that has not previously been taken into account.”
Society“To me, the black black woman is our essential mother, the blacker she is the more us she is and to see the hatred that is turned on her is enough to make me despair, almost entirely, of our future as a people.”
Future“For in the end, freedom is a personal and lonely battle and one faces down fears of today so that those of tomorrow might be engaged.”
Freedom“I think it pisses God off if you walk by the color purple in a field somewhere and don't notice it.”
God“I'm sure we, the American people, are the butt of jokes by those in power.”
Power