Alice Walker Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“I'm not lesbian; I'm not bisexual; I'm not straight. I'm just curious.”

“Womanist is to feminist as purple is to lavender.”

“I deeply regret any harm, or any perceived harm, that I may have done to anyone by any behaviour of mine.”

“I think it pisses God off if you walk by the color purple in a field somewhere and don't notice it.”

“Poetry is the lifeblood of rebellion, revolution, and the raising of consciousness.”

“For a long time, I thought I was ugly and disfigured. This made me shy and timid, and I often reacted to insults that were not intended.”

“And so our mothers and grandmothers have, more often than not anonymously, handed on the creative spark, the seed of the flower they themselves never hoped to see - or like a sealed letter they could not plainly read.”

“Expect nothing. Live frugally on surprise.”

“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.”

“I don't call myself a Buddhist. I'm a free spirit. I believe I'm here on earth to admire and enjoy it; that's my religion.”