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It is healthier, in any case, to write for the adults one's children will become than for the children one's 'mature' critics often are.

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Alice Walker
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: February 9
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I almost never do anything for Black History Month, because I feel it's just another way to separate us.
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You seem so clear about who you are. So certain that you are just right as you are, that for all your intelligence and maybe in spite of it, you never seem to need a second opinion.
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I'm one in what I do and what I say and what I believe.
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I started writing as a child. But I didn't think of myself, actually writing until I was in college. And I had gone to Africa as a sophomore or something, no maybe junior and wrote a book of poems. And that was my beginning. I published that book.
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Healing begins where the wound was made.
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HELPED are those who laugh with a pure heart theirs will be the company of the jolly righteous.
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The Animals of the planet are in desperate peril and they are fully aware of this. No less than human beings are doing in all parts of the world, they are seeking sanctuary.
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I don't know if you actually get something out of writing poetry. I think poetry is an autonomous muse that decides to come and sit on your couch.
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I'm where I need to be, so my heart is light. Whatever happens, I know - I mean, I feel - that this is absolutely where I should be and I've lived up to my own expectations.
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I want something else a different system entirely. One not seen on this earth for thousands of years. If ever. Democratic Womanism. Notice how this word has man right in the middle of it? That's one reason I like it. He is right there, front and center. But he is surrounded. I want to vote and work for a way of life that honors the feminine.
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Helped are those who forgive their reward shall be forgetfulness of every evil done to them. It will be in their power, therefore, to envision the new Earth. -----“The Gospel According to Shug
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Be an outcast. Be pleased to walk alone.
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One thing that never ceases to amaze me, along with the growth of vegetation from the earth and of hair from the head, is the growth of understanding.
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I find it difficult to feel responsible for the suffering of others. That's why I find war so hard to bear. It's the same with animals: I feel the less harm I do, the lighter my heart. I love a light heart. And when I know I'm causing suffering, I feel the heaviness of it. It's a physical pain. So it's self-interest that I don't want to cause harm.
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it is this broken road with pitfalls and sharp turns and unexpected traverses that has brought me joy and adventure.
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But if by some miracle and all our struggle, the earth is spared, only justice to every living being will save humankind.
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Look closely at the present you are constructing: it should look like the future you are dreaming.
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Men make war to get attention. All killing is an expression of self-hate.
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As long as the Earth can make a spring every year, I can.
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Just because I don't harass it like some peoples us know don't mean I ain't got religion.
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