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Books became my world because the world I was in was very hard.
Alice Walker
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Alice Walker
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: February 9
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Alice Malsenior Walker
Alice Walker Leventhal
Alice Malsenior Tallulah-Kate Walker
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Abortion, for many women, is more than an experience of suffering beyond anything most men will ever know, it is an act of mercy, and an act of self-defense.
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Dear God...I have always been a good girl. Maybe you can give me a sign letting me know what is happening to me.
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Oh, Celie, unbelief is a terrible thing. And so is the hurt we cause others unknowingly.
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The more I wonder, the more I love.
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One white man on the platform in South Carolina asked us where we were going--we had got off the train to get some fresh air and to dust the grit and dust out of our clothes. When we said Africa he looked offended and tickled too. Niggers going to Africa, he said to his wife. Now I have seen everything.
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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.
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Whenever you are creating beauty around you, you are restoring your own soul.
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