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I can imagine in years to come that my papers and memorabilia, my journals and letters, will find themselves always in the company of people who care about many of the things I do.

Alice Walker

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Alice Walker
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: February 9
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Helped are those too busy living to respond when they are wrongfully attacked: on their walks they shall find mysteries so intriguing as to distract them from every blow.
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Some colored people so scared of whitefolks they claim to love the cotton gin.
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I think writing really helps you heal yourself. I think if you write long enough, you will be a healthy person. That is, if you write what you need to write, as opposed to what will make money, or what will make fame.
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we are the ones we have been waiting for
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I write not only what I want to read...I write all the things I should have been able to read.
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I have a lot of faith in us. I have a lot of faith in humanity. It's based, though, on my own life I've come too far to be a pessimist.
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Animals were not made for us, or our use. They have their own use, which is just being who they are.
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