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She say, Celie, tell the truth, have you ever found God in church? I never did. I just found a bunch of folks hoping for him to show.

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Alice Walker
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: February 9
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The animals of the planet are in desperate peril... Without free animal life I believe we will lose the spiritual equivalent of oxygen.
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Always with me was the inner twin: my true nature, my true self. It is timeless, free, compassionate and in love with whatever is natural to me
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We are all substantially flawed, wounded, angry, hurt, here on Earth. But this human condition, so painful to us, and in someways shameful- because we feel we are weak when the reality of ourselves is exposed- is made much more bearable when it is shared, face to face, in words that have expressive human eyes behind them.
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The world is changing. It is no longer a world just for boys and men
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The only way to solace anyone who loved you in life is to be a good memory
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People do not wish to appear foolish to avoid the appearance of foolishness, they are willing to remain actually fools.
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I continue to care for President Obama and for his family. I think that in many ways they are very courageous people, and I honor that, because I know what it means to live as a black person in a racist America.
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She thought of how precious it was to be able to know another person over many years. There was incomparable richness in it.
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Human compassion is equal to human cruelty, and it is up to each of us to tip the balance.
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Hard times require furious dancing. Each of us is proof.
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We are a people. A people do not throw their geniuses away. If they do, it is our duty as witnesses for the future to collect them again for the sake of our children. If necessary, bone by bone.
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Any God I ever found in church, I brought in myself.
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Helped are those who are content to be themselves they will never lack mystery in their lives and the joys of self-discovery will be constant.
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Healing begins where the wound was made.
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I feel like to be where you need to be - where you know you need to be - is such a high. What could be better?
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Everything wanna be loved. Us sing and dance, and holla just wanting to be loved.
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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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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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